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guttural

adjective/ˈɡʌtərəl/

C1CEFR level
58/100Rarity: uncommon
NeutralRegister

Harsh-sounding and produced in the throat.

A guttural growl rose from the dog as the stranger approached the gate.

Similar: throaty, gravelly

Origin: From Latin guttur 'throat'.

Topic: harsh voice in General English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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