croakings
Deep throaty noises
Croakings are the harsh, low sounds made by frogs, ravens, or similar creatures.
The word extends to any rough, guttural utterances: the croakings of dissent from the back benches.
It often suggests complaint or pessimism—the metaphorical sounds of those predicting doom: Despite all the croakings about economic collapse, markets stabilized.
Frog vocalization
- amphibianDual-habitat cold-blooded vertebrate
- pondSmall still body
- tadpoleImmature aquatic amphibian
- bullfrogLarge, bellowing pond amphibian
wetlands · swamp · toad · marsh · bog · lily pad · herpetology · metamorphosis
Rough and grating
- gravellyContaining small stones
- throatyLow, rough-voiced
- huskyRough-voiced or stocky
- scratchyRough and irritating
gruff · guttural · hoarse · harsh · strangled · rough · wheezy · strained
Fearful anticipation of harm
- portentousOminously significant
- eerieDisturbingly strange
- warningAlert about danger
- ill-omenedPortending misfortune ahead
inauspicious · prophetic · fateful · dire · sinister · premonition · harbinger · bad omen
ribbit
Frog vocalization
bullfrog · wetlands · swamp · toad · marsh · bog · lily pad · herpetology · metamorphosis · spawn
raspy
Rough and grating
scratchy · gruff · guttural · hoarse · harsh · strangled · rough · wheezy · strained · creaky
guttural
Produced in throat
grunt · growl · hoot · screech · raven · crow · grackle · raucous · jarring · discordant
foreboding
Fearful anticipation of harm
- portentousOminously significant
- eerieDisturbingly strange
- warningAlert about danger
ill-omened · inauspicious · prophetic · fateful · dire · sinister · premonition · harbinger · bad omen · unsettling
dying
Ceasing to live
- moribundNear death, failing
- terminalAt the endpoint
- last wordsTerminal utterance
deathbed · final breath · expiring · fading · end · passing · demise · mortality · morbid · swan song