guttural

American  

[guht-er-uhl] / ˈgʌt ər əl /

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

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noun

1. a guttural sound.

guttural British  

/ 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

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noun

1. phonetics a guttural consonant

Other Word Forms

• gutturalism noun
• gutturality noun
• gutturally adverb
• gutturalness noun
• nonguttural adjective
• nongutturally adverb
• nongutturalness noun
• unguttural adjective
• ungutturally adverb
• ungutturalness noun

Etymology

Origin of guttural

1585–95; < New Latin gutturālis of the throat, equivalent to Latin guttur gullet, throat + -ālis -al ¹

Example Sentences

All the creature’s unease had vanished: he gave a guttural burr in his throat, a turbine of delight.

From Literature

"It was the guttural voices of the keeners, there's only three recordings and all three are just so poignant and they're so different," she said.

From BBC

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

From Literature

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

From Los Angeles Times

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.

From Los Angeles Times