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guttural
[ guht-er-uhl ]
adjective
- of or relating to the throat.
- harsh; throaty.
- Phonetics. pertaining to or characterized by a sound articulated in the back of the mouth, as the non-English velar fricative sound [kh].
noun
- a guttural sound.
guttural
/ ˈɡʌtərəl /
adjective
- anatomy of or relating to the throat
- phonetics pronounced in the throat or the back of the mouth; velar or uvular
- raucous
noun
- phonetics a guttural consonant
Derived Forms
- ˈgutturally, adverb
- ˈgutturalness, noun
Other Words From
- guttur·al·ly adverb
- guttur·al·ness guttur·ali·ty guttur·al·ism noun
- non·guttur·al adjective
- non·guttur·al·ly adverb
- non·guttur·al·ness noun
- un·guttur·al adjective
- un·guttur·al·ly adverb
- un·guttur·al·ness noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of guttural1
Example Sentences
On the steps of city hall, Mayor David Anderson hollered a guttural “Wahhh!!!”
Those snorting and obnoxious guttural sounds continue to hound you all night long.
The acceleration literally took my breath away, and the guttural exhaust rumble—which was downright primal—turned more than a few heads.
The researchers noted that a relatively large body size may protect guttural toads against predators.
His voice would morph from a melodic baritone to a deep, guttural snarl, grinding notes to a pulp.
She even changed the way she spoke; as a little kid, she spoke like her parents, with guttural hets and ayins.
She lets out a deep, guttural laugh, the kind that sends her into a body-shaking cough away from the phone.
Queen Mary is given a heavy guttural German accent; it actually was barely perceptible (as recordings of her voice prove).
Sobs wracked my body, and I heard a guttural cry like a wild animal come from somewhere deep within me.
He went up a few steps, and looked over the upper deck; then he called out some guttural words.
"Young man," he addresses me in the artificial guttural voice he affects on solemn occasions.
“Let our white brother come close,” called a deep guttural voice.
Ah Sing entered behind them, pointed at Peter Gross, and issued a harsh, guttural command.
With an alphabet of thirty-nine letters, but it is harsh and guttural.
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