croaking
Deep throaty calls
Croaking is the harsh, low-pitched sound frogs and ravens make, or any similar rough vocalization.
Someone with a sore throat speaks in a croak.
Figuratively, to croak is to complain pessimistically or, in slang, to die: The old man finally croaked.
As an adjective, croaking describes the sound itself: croaking frogs filled the night air.
Frog vocalization
- amphibianDual-habitat cold-blooded vertebrate
- pondSmall still body
- tadpoleImmature aquatic amphibian
- bullfrogLarge, bellowing pond amphibian
toad · lilypad · wetland · swamp · marsh · bog · peeper · spawn
Containing small stones
- raspyRough and grating
- scratchyRough and irritating
- throatyLow, rough-voiced
- huskyRough-voiced or stocky
guttural · strained · rough · laryngitis · breathy · crackly · wheezy · harsh
ribbit
Frog vocalization
bullfrog · toad · lilypad · wetland · swamp · marsh · bog · peeper · spawn · metamorphosis
gravelly
Containing small stones
husky · guttural · strained · rough · laryngitis · breathy · crackly · wheezy · harsh · gruff
foreboding
Fearful anticipation of harm
- portentousOminously significant
- eerieDisturbingly strange
- sinisterThreateningly suggestive of harm
ill omen · raven · dark · grim · haunting · macabre · spooky · menacing · baleful · dire
dying
Ceasing to live
- mortalityState of eventual death
- demiseCessation of existence
- last breathFinal exhale before death
expiring · deathbed · final moments · passing · terminal · reaper · perishing · end · morbid · fatality
- animal behaviorsswimming, running, walking, jumping, flying
- nocturnal activitynight vision, night feeding, prowling, stalking, night flying
- ambient soundsrain, wind, ocean, thunder rumble, crickets
- animal signalsbody language, bird songs, tail wagging, mating calls, whale song
- nature soundsbirdsong, wolf howl, crickets, wind, rain
- sound effectssound effects, sound effect, ringtone, boing, crash
croakingthriving
Succeeding vigorously
flourishing · living · surviving · recovering · reviving