growly
/grou-lee/US // ˈgraʊ li //
增长的,成熟的,生长的,成长的
Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
growl·i·er, growl·i·est.
- : resembling a growl in pitch and harshness: This cold has made my voice growly.
- : irritable; grouchy.
Examples
Here comes Tyson's team, a dozen bodyguards, growly and hard, in black leather hats that say KICK ASS.
"Now just don't you overdo this Lord-of-Creation business, Mr. Man," says a deep, growly voice.
That senile old substitute of yours—the Dock—has been as growly-powly as a bear to-day.
Grumpy-growly, the father, was a jolly, cross old fellow—oh!
But I don't think he got it very bad, because we all knew by the noise he made that Big Growly wasn't really very mad.
Perhaps it is high pitched and squeaky; or, on the other hand, a "growly" bass suggestive of ill-nature.
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