growl

A low, rough sound that a dog or person makes when angry.

• The dog gave a growl.
• We heard low growls behind the fence.
• His answer came out as an angry growl.

Similar words: snarl

Common phrases: low growl, angry growl, a dog's growl, deep growl

To make a low, rough sound in your throat because you are angry.

• The dog began to growl.
• A bear growled at us from the bushes.
• He growls whenever someone wakes him.

How to use it: growl at someone/something (The dog growled at the stranger.)

Similar words: snarl

Common phrases: growl at someone, growl softly, growl angrily

To say something in a low, rough, angry voice.

• "Go away," he growled.
• She growled a warning through the closed door.
• The captain growls his orders at everyone.

How to use it: growl something at someone (The guard growled an order at us.)

Similar words: snarl, snap

Common phrases: growl a warning, growl an order, growl a reply