Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

growlsome

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: growl-some
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Characterised or marked by growling

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

From growl + -some.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: growl

Inflected Forms

more growlsome (comparative) most growlsome (superlative)

Questions

What does growlsome mean?: Characterised or marked by growling
Where does growlsome come from?: From growl + -some.

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