Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A low growl; a subdued grumbling or faultfinding.
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Examples
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The shaking of her gown and the snarl in the undergrowl sounded insatiate.
Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868
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The shaking of her gown and the snarl in the undergrowl sounded insatiate.
The Amazing Marriage — Complete George Meredith 1868
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The shaking of her gown and the snarl in the undergrowl sounded insatiate.
The Amazing Marriage — Volume 4 George Meredith 1868
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Arbuthnot says he was bowing and scraping, and all humility and politeness, with none of the undergrowl of the Association.
The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Volume 1 (of 3) Charles Greville 1829
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The French hardly trouble themselves now (except in an occasional undergrowl in some Liberal paper) about Syria, and the Government considering Mehemet Ali's destiny decided, only desire to be re - admitted into the great European Council, for the purpose of participating in the measures to be adopted for determining the condition of the Christian population of Syria, and for securing
The Greville Memoirs (Second Part) A Journal of the Reign of Queen Victoria from 1837 to 1852 (Volume 1 of 3) Charles Greville 1829
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House of Lords, which they showed in a sort of undergrowl and with rueful faces, for they stand in awe of the great man, and don't dare openly to remonstrate with him or blame his actions.
The Greville Memoirs (Second Part) A Journal of the Reign of Queen Victoria from 1837 to 1852 (Volume 1 of 3) Charles Greville 1829
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