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growlsome

growlsome adjective: characterised or marked by growling.

Adjective

growlsome (comparative more growlsome, superlative most growlsome)

  1. Characterised or marked by growling
    • There was a ferocity in the tiny Zuzana that had started Virko calling her neek-neek, after a growlsome breed of shrewscorpion known for facing down predators ten times its size.2012, Laini Taylor, Days of Blood & Starlight

Forms of growlsome

comparativemore growlsome
superlativemost growlsome

Origin of growlsome

From growl + -some.

Questions about growlsome

What does growlsome mean?
Growlsome means characterised or marked by growling.
What part of speech is growlsome?
Growlsome is an adjective.

Words near growlsome in the dictionary

  1. growliness
  2. growling
  3. growlingly
  4. growlings
  5. growls
  6. growlsome
  7. growly
  8. growmore
  9. grown
  10. grown a custom
  11. grown a pair

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