Synonyms of glottal

glottal

adjective

as in velar

Related Words

• velar
• uvular
• strained
• choked
• dissonant
• unmusical
• cracked
• strangled
• strident
• inharmonious
• unmelodious
• raucous
• guttural
• scraping
• abrasive
• throaty
• hoarse
• gravelly
• screeching
• grinding
• cacophonous
• raspy
• jarring
• scratching
• discordant
• grating
• husky
• squawking
• gravel
• gruff
• coarse
• rusty
• rasping
• cawing
• scratchy
• croaky
• croaking
• rough
• growling
• growly

Dissimilar Words

• liquid
• sweet
• gentle
• golden
• mellifluous
• soothing
• mellow
• tender
• soft
• smooth
• musical
• silken
• velvety
• mellifluent
• gliding
• melodic
• lyric
• melodious
• satiny
• lyrical
• euphonious

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of glottal

Meanwhile, a weasel-like animal called a fisher waited nearby, making glottal noises inside a wire trap. — Elizabeth Miller, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Mar. 2022

The language is famously difficult with tones and glottal stops unlike anything in English. — David Kelly, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2021

There’s a special note of aggressive contempt that can be layered into the diphthongs and glottal stops of what linguists call Inland North American English, and Carone used it lavishly. — New York Times, 17 Dec. 2020

Sloppy enunciation, glottal mayhem, off-kilter expressiveness and a general airlessness have killed some books read by the very person who created them. — Dallas News, 20 Aug. 2019

Sloppy enunciation, glottal mayhem, off-kilter expressiveness, and a general airlessness have killed some books read by the very person who created them. — Katherine A. Powers, Washington Post, 5 Aug. 2019

King’s shudders and vibratos, half-shouts and glottal stops have become a synecdoche for the ongoing struggle for American freedom. — Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 15 May 2017