Guttural synonyms

gŭt'ər-əl

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throaty
Characterized by such sounds; husky, hoarse, etc.
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hoarse
Rough or grating in sound, as of a voice.
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gruff
Rough or surly in manner or speech; brusquely rude
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rough
Not polished; uncut; said of a gem.
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grating
Abrasive; tending to annoy
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harsh
Unpleasantly coarse and rough to the touch:
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glottal
Of or relating to the glottis.
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deep
Immersed, submerged (in).
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sepulchral
Suggestive of the grave or burial; dismal; gloomy
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growling
Producing a growl.
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thick
(Informal) Very friendly; intimate:
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inarticulate
Produced without the normal articulation of understandable speech
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high-pitched (antonym)
Steeply sloped, as a roof.
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shrill (antonym)
Producing a sharp, high-pitched tone or sound:
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nasal (antonym)
Characterized by or resembling a resonant sound produced through the nose:
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gravelly
Of, full of, or covered with rock fragments or pebbles:
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velar
Of a velum; esp., of the soft palate
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dulcet (antonym)
Pleasing to the ear; melodious.
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croaky
(Of a sound) Like that of a frog
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guttural consonant
a consonant articulated in the back of the mouth or throat
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pharyngeal
(Phonetics) A sound that is articulated with the pharynx.
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pharyngeal consonant
a consonant articulated in the back of the mouth or throat
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gutteral (related)
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sibilant (related)
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plaintive (related)
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breathy (related)
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Guttural Sentence Examples

  • At the end of this piece, she let out a guttural sob.

  • I quite understand, said Berg, getting up and speaking in a muffled and guttural voice.

  • The symbol G was a new coinage in the 3rd century B.C. The pronunciation of C throughout the period of classical Latin was that of an unvoiced guttural stop (k).

  • In other dialects of Italy b is found representing an original voiced guttural (gw), which, however, is regularly replaced by v in Latin.

  • Tribes that of one family with another shows also that some are vocalic and soft, others wide in the range of sounds, while a third set are harsh and guttural, the speaking of them (according to Payne) resembling coughing, barking and sneezing.

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