growl
In an instant, his expansive wit and warm growly voice were gone.
She has a deeper, growlier voice than he does.
This particular song was well suited to her growly, feisty voice.
His growly baritone is full of heartbreak.
She affects a growly Southern-dowager accent.
Her voice - gutsy and growly - still sounds great.
The dog was growly and aggressive whenever anyone came near.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Describing qualities of the human voice
adenoidal
aloud
be dripping with somethingidiom
boomy
bray
breathy
brittle
chocolatey
fruity
nasality
nasally
pitchy
purringly
rasping
soft-spoken
stentorian
strangulated
toned
toneless
wispily
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