growlier
Increasingly rough-voiced
Growlier is the comparative form of growly—more inclined to growl or having a more growling quality.
A dog might be growlier when disturbed during meals.
The word applies to voices, engines, or sounds with a rough, rumbling edge: His voice gets growlier when he's tired.
The old truck's engine sounded even growlier after sitting all winter.
More violently intense
Easily provoked to annoyance
- crankyIll-tempered and peevish
- grumpyIrritable in temperament
- testyShort-tempered, easily provoked
- peevishHabitually fretful
snappish · cantankerous · irascible · cross · tetchy · fractious · querulous · fretful
Wild after domestication
- predatoryExploiting the vulnerable
- canineOf or like dogs
- wolfishResembling a wild canine
- bearishExpecting market decline
beastly · primal · savage · untamed · fierce · snarling · territorial · prowling
Expressing intent to harm
- intimidatingInspiring fear or unease
- hostileAggressively unfriendly
- ominousSuggesting something bad approaches
- sinisterThreateningly suggestive of harm
foreboding · dangerous · alarming · fearsome · daunting · aggressive · unfriendly · forbidding
gruff
Harsh in manner
guttural · throaty · croaky · scratchy · rumbling · snarling · barky · deep · rough · harsh
fiercer
More violently intense
irritable
Easily provoked to annoyance
peevish · snappish · cantankerous · irascible · cross · tetchy · fractious · querulous · fretful · snarly
feral
Wild after domestication
bearish · beastly · primal · savage · untamed · fierce · snarling · territorial · prowling · wild
threatening
Expressing intent to harm
- intimidatingInspiring fear or unease
- hostileAggressively unfriendly
- ominousSuggesting something bad approaches
sinister · foreboding · dangerous · alarming · fearsome · daunting · aggressive · unfriendly · forbidding · baleful
- stomach growlingNoisy abdomen signaling hunger
- growling stomachNoisy hungry abdomen