Did you just growl at me?
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Growl
//ɡɹaʊl//
Synonyms for "growl" (135 found)
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15 entriesTranslations
125 translations across 37 languages.
Arabic
3 entries- زَمْجَرَة noun (deep, rumbling, threatening sound)
- قَرْقَرَة noun (sound made by the stomach when hungry)
- زَمْجَرَ verb (to utter a deep guttural sound)
Bulgarian
3 entries- къркорене noun (sound made by the stomach when hungry)
- ръмжене noun (deep, rumbling, threatening sound)
- ръмжа verb (to utter a deep guttural sound)
Central Sierra Miwok
1 entries- načá·k noun (deep, rumbling, threatening sound)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 吼 verb (to utter a deep guttural sound)
- 咆哮 verb (to utter a deep guttural sound)
- 啀 verb (to utter a deep guttural sound)
- 嗥叫 verb (to utter a deep guttural sound)
Czech
4 entries- kručení noun (sound made by the stomach when hungry)
- vrčení noun (deep, rumbling, threatening sound)
- brblat verb (to express (something) by growling)
- bručet verb (of a wind instrument: to produce a low-pitched rumbling sound)
Dutch
4 entries- (het) gegrom noun (deep, rumbling, threatening sound)
- grom noun (deep, rumbling, threatening sound)
- rammelen noun (sound made by the stomach when hungry)
- grauwen verb (to express (something) by growling)
Esperanto
1 entries- graŭli verb (to utter a deep guttural sound)
Estonian
3 entries- korin noun (sound made by the stomach when hungry)
- urin noun (deep, rumbling, threatening sound)
- urr noun (deep, rumbling, threatening sound)
Finnish
4 entries- kurina noun (sound made by the stomach when hungry)
- murina noun (deep, rumbling, threatening sound)
- mörinä noun (deep, rumbling, threatening sound)
- murista verb (to utter a deep guttural sound)
French
4 entries- borborygme noun (sound made by the stomach when hungry)
- feulement noun (deep, rumbling, threatening sound)
- gargouillement noun (sound made by the stomach when hungry)
- grincement noun (low-pitched rumbling sound produced with a wind instrument)
Galician
4 entries- bruído noun (deep, rumbling, threatening sound)
- brúo noun (deep, rumbling, threatening sound)
- gafo noun (aggressive grumbling)
- greñido noun (aggressive grumbling)
German
3 entries- Knurren noun (deep, rumbling, threatening sound)
- Magenknurren noun (sound made by the stomach when hungry)
- knurren verb (to utter a deep guttural sound)
Greek
1 entries- μουγκρίζω noun (deep, rumbling, threatening sound)
Hungarian
3 entries- korgás noun (sound made by the stomach when hungry)
- morgás noun (deep, rumbling, threatening sound)
- morog verb (to utter a deep guttural sound)
Irish
2 entries- drantán noun (deep, rumbling, threatening sound)
- glam noun (deep, rumbling, threatening sound)
Italian
4 entries- brontolio noun (sound made by the stomach when hungry)
- ringhio noun (deep, rumbling, threatening sound)
- ringhiare verb (to utter a deep guttural sound)
- ringhiare verb (to express (something) by growling)
Japanese
2 entries- グーグー noun (sound made by the stomach when hungry)
- 唸る verb (to utter a deep guttural sound)
Korean
1 entries- 으르렁거리다 verb (to utter a deep guttural sound)
Latin
1 entries- ganniō verb (to utter a deep guttural sound)
Lithuanian
2 entries- burbtelėti verb (to express (something) by growling)
- murmėti verb (to express (something) by growling)
Macedonian
2 entries- ржење noun (deep, rumbling, threatening sound)
- ржи verb (to utter a deep guttural sound)
Māori
3 entries- ngengere noun (deep, rumbling, threatening sound)
- ngunguru noun (deep, rumbling, threatening sound)
- ngengere verb (to utter a deep guttural sound)
Navajo
1 entries- ghąą ní verb (to utter a deep guttural sound)
Norman
1 entries- ronner verb (to utter a deep guttural sound)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- knurre noun (deep, rumbling, threatening sound)
- rumle noun (sound made by the stomach when hungry)
Oromo
1 entries- guru'uu verb (to utter a deep guttural sound)
Polish
4 entries- burczenie noun (sound made by the stomach when hungry)
- warczenie noun (deep, rumbling, threatening sound)
- warknięcie noun (deep, rumbling, threatening sound)
- warczeć verb (to utter a deep guttural sound)
Portuguese
4 entries- ronco noun (sound made by the stomach when hungry)
- rosnado noun (deep, rumbling, threatening sound)
- rosnar verb (to utter a deep guttural sound)
- rosnar verb (to express (something) by growling)
Quechua
1 entries- phiñakuy verb (to utter a deep guttural sound)
Russian
4 entries- рык noun (deep, rumbling, threatening sound)
- рыча́ние noun (deep, rumbling, threatening sound)
- урча́ние noun (sound made by the stomach when hungry)
- бурча́ть verb (to express (something) by growling)
Scottish Gaelic
3 entries- dranndan noun (deep, rumbling, threatening sound)
- dèan dranndan verb (to utter a deep guttural sound)
- dèan dranndan verb (to express (something) by growling)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- krčanje noun (sound made by the stomach when hungry)
- režanje noun (deep, rumbling, threatening sound)
- režanje noun (aggressive grumbling)
- крчање noun (sound made by the stomach when hungry)
Spanish
4 entries- rugido noun (deep, rumbling, threatening sound)
- rugido noun (sound made by the stomach when hungry)
- gruñir verb (to utter a deep guttural sound)
- gruñir verb (to express (something) by growling)
Swedish
2 entries- growla verb (to perform death growl vocals)
- morra verb (to utter a deep guttural sound)
Tamil
1 entries- உறுமு verb (to utter a deep guttural sound)
Turkish
3 entries- guruldamak noun (sound made by the stomach when hungry)
- hırlama noun (deep, rumbling, threatening sound)
- hırlamak noun (deep, rumbling, threatening sound)
Ukrainian
2 entries- гарча́ти verb (to utter a deep guttural sound)
- рича́ти verb (to utter a deep guttural sound)
Sample sentences
29 total sentences available.
Tom's stomach began to growl.
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Let dogs delight to bark and bite, For God hath made them so; Let bears and lions growl and fight, For 'tis their nature too. But, children, you should never let Such angry passions rise; Your little hands were never made To tear each other's eyes.
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Sami didn't hear the dog growl.
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.