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

He sniffed, and growled, and uttered a few words in the low, guttural language that he and his siblings sometimes used among themselves.

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The infectious laugh that Murphy used in his films and stand-up is gone, replaced by a deeper, more guttural laugh.

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He has a few moments that play so close to comedy — say, whining to be let into the bathroom — that you wish the movie would do more to encourage our pained, guttural laughs.

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“We heard wailing like screaming in terror,” the woman said, saying the screams were a “type of guttural wailing you don’t really forget.”

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The silence is shattered by a guttural scream.

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