guttural

[guht-er-uhl]

adjective

1. of or relating to the throat.

2. harsh; throaty.

3. Phonetics.,  pertaining to or characterized by a sound articulated in the back of the mouth, as the non-English velar fricative sound

noun

1. a guttural sound.

guttural

/ ˈɡʌtərəl /

adjective

1. anatomy of or relating to the throat

2. phonetics pronounced in the throat or the back of the mouth; velar or uvular

3. raucous

noun

1. phonetics a guttural consonant

Other Word Forms

• gutturally adverb
• gutturalness noun
• gutturality noun
• gutturalism noun
• nonguttural adjective
• nongutturally adverb
• nongutturalness noun
• unguttural adjective
• ungutturally adverb
• ungutturalness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of guttural¹

1585–95; < New Latin gutturālis of the throat, equivalent to Latin guttur gullet, throat + -ālis -al ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of guttural¹

C16: from New Latin gutturālis concerning the throat, from Latin guttur gullet

Example Sentences

The silence is shattered by a guttural scream.

From BBC

His song is suitably melodramatic, replete with guttural synths and creepy playground chants.

From BBC

The guttural emotion following Sunday's winning putt was McIlroy shedding the weight of burden which had laid heavy.

From BBC

Again, the two complied, but they missed a beat and now they were saying “Daddy, O” in a guttural way as they continued holding hands and squatting up and down.

From Los Angeles Times

Beth Leavel delivers a defiantly louche rendition of “The Ladies Who Lunch” from “Company” and Bonnie Langford leaves it all out on the stage in a gorgeously guttural “I’m Still Here” from “Follies.”

From Los Angeles Times