as in hoarse
formed or pronounced in the throat
guttural sounds He made a guttural grunt when he tried to lift the desk.
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Recent Examples of guttural
This is evidenced by the crunching guitars and guttural wails of HARDY's blue-collar and rural fanbase-entrancing heavy metal, along with the emo ballads and radio-ready pop of under-30 pop-country darlings Megan Moroney and Bailey Zimmerman.
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Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 10 June 2024
Orlok cuts a formidable figure made even more disconcerting by his constant wheeze, rolling R’s and guttural dialogue.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 31 Dec. 2024
Eggers, who always swirls a fidgety attention to detail in with his fantasy nightmares, is going for something more guttural.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 24 Dec. 2024
Was Count Orlock’s guttural voice really there on the day?
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Dec. 2024
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Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 10 June 2024
Orlok cuts a formidable figure made even more disconcerting by his constant wheeze, rolling R’s and guttural dialogue.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 31 Dec. 2024
Eggers, who always swirls a fidgety attention to detail in with his fantasy nightmares, is going for something more guttural.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 24 Dec. 2024
Was Count Orlock’s guttural voice really there on the day?
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for guttural
Adjective
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Davis and subsequently Streep — whose acceptance speech included a biographical survey of half the celebrities in the room and a call for resistance made in a voice gone hoarse by hollering at Women’s March protests the day before — know the only way out is through.—
Vulture Staff,
Vulture,
5 Jan. 2025
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While working through the audio issues, Billy Ray wandered the stage, sang a cappella, and left some viewers concerned about his hoarse voice and at times erratic behavior.—
Shania Russell,
EW.com,
28 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Voicing the bag is an older woman with a husky Tuscan timbre, which carries the whole way through its lifecycle onscreen.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
14 Feb. 2025
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My husky boy feet cemented into the concrete veranda.—
Diane Seuss,
Harper's Magazine,
2 July 2024
Adjective
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The world's complex environmental issues demand open minds, fresh perspectives, and less growling.—
Keith Kloor,
Discover Magazine,
22 June 2012
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Sometimes animatronic and growling, sometimes staring out dead-eyed, classic and static.—
Christopher Borrelli,
Chicago Tribune,
15 June 2022
Adjective
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Ashanti’s lithe voice perfectly complimented Ja’s gruff vocal tone, providing Murder Inc.—
Andre Gee,
Rolling Stone,
10 Feb. 2025
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The gruff men are Danny and Kyle McCray, an estranged father and son who’ve been reunited by a medical emergency.—
Elisabeth Egan,
New York Times,
14 Jan. 2025
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“Guttural.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guttural. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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