Search for crossword answers and clues
Harsh vocally speaking
Answer for the clue "Harsh vocally speaking ", 8 letters:
guttural
Alternative clues for the word guttural
Word definitions for guttural in dictionaries
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Guttural speech sounds are those with a primary place of articulation near the back of the oral cavity. In some definitions, this is restricted to pharyngeal consonants , but in others includes some velar and uvular consonants . Guttural sounds are typically ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ He twisted around toward the one who had him in his grasp, and let out a guttural , weird howl. ▪ His guttural utterances are accompanied by erudite subtitles. ▪ Mike made some guttural noise to indicate that he had heard ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"pertaining to the throat," 1590s, from Middle French guttural , from Latin guttur "throat, gullet" (see bowel ). The noun, in linguistics, is from 1690s.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. Sounding harsh and throaty. n. A harsh and throaty spoken sound
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Guttural \Gut"tur*al\, a. [L. guttur throat: cf. F. gutural.] Of or pertaining to the throat; formed in the throat; relating to, or characteristic of, a sound formed in the throat. Children are occasionally born with guttural swellings. --W. Guthrie. In ...
Usage examples of guttural.
There was Bock, with head quizzically tilted, uttering a rumbling guttural vibration that seemed to proceed automatically from his interior.
His voice had become guttural, but examination of the fauces was negative.
Afraid, unseen, indiscernible, the jungli gave his version of what happened, sending forth his guttural monologue from behind a bougainvillaea.
They exchanged guttural coughs and grunts for about a minute, and the jungli departed at a dog-trot.
As Lingo dashed down the passage, Koy Dow uttered guttural orders to let the fleeing big shot pass.
One was the coarse, guttural sound of his jailer, a nasty, hulking brute by the name of Pinard, who never missed an opportunity to make it clear to his prisoners that he enjoyed his work immensely.
When they saw the medicine woman pick something up and take it with her, their hands flew in rapid motions punctuated by a few guttural sounds, discussing it with excited curiosity.
Yuri stared for one petrified second then let loose a guttural roar of fright that reverberated round the impassive sentinel trees.
When approaching a Sasquatch, bow and try to make that low, guttural, rumbling noise.
His voice, its guttural note alternating with a sibilance on certain words, betrayed no traces of agitation.
The words were harsh and ugly, great thorny blocks of gargling gutturals and tussive gouts of consonants unsuited to human articulation.
Feather stepped to the left, intending to seek a way around the ravine, when a chilling sound wafted down from overhead, the sound of deep, guttural laughter, echoing from wall to wall, mocking him, making him realize the bearish figures had just been toying with him.
His consternation returned with the advance of the two ancient clansmen who, after a guttural panegyric in Gaelic, offered him further symbols--a claymore and target, very formidable to behold.
The never-ceasing beat of the Potlatch drums made a throbbing, low accompaniment to their guttural tones and laughter.
Wrathburn rumbled at the lich in a guttural language while the lich shrilled and waggled its arms like a skeleton outraged at being dead.