Growlsome

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Characterised or marked by growling

    "There was a ferocity in the tiny Zuzana that had started Virko calling her neek-neek, after a growlsome breed of shrewscorpion known for facing down predators ten times its size."

Example

More examples

"There was a ferocity in the tiny Zuzana that had started Virko calling her neek-neek, after a growlsome breed of shrewscorpion known for facing down predators ten times its size."

Etymology

From growl + -some.

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