growl
verb (used without object)
to utter a deep guttural sound of anger or hostility.
undergrowl
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a word derived from
growl.
Example Sentences
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"I know where I 'd put them all, if my pleasure were to be consulted," muttered Daly, in an undergrowl.
From The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. I (of II) by Charles James Lever
Arbuthnot says he was bowing and scraping, and all humility and politeness, with none of the undergrowl of the Association.
From The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. I by Henry Reeve
