guttural ˈgə-tə-rəl , ˈgə-trəl adjective and noun
adjective: relating to or articulated in the throat
adjective: like the sounds of frogs and crows
noun: a consonant articulated in the back of the mouth or throat
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The word guttural has appeared in 23 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on Aug. 18 in “Bully’s Alicia Bognanno Is Revealing Herself, One Rock Song at a Time” by Lindsay Zoladz:
Alicia Bognanno has a horror-movie scream — not the shriek of the beleaguered heroine so much as the guttural howl of the demon pursuing her. “I’m trying to hide from my mind,” she hollered on a track from “Feels Like,” her grungy debut album as Bully in 2015. The song’s foundation trembles in her wake.
“It actually happened because of the lyrics,” Bognanno, the 29-year-old singer, songwriter and guitarist said of her now-signature vocal style, which can instantly flip from melodic to pummeling. “I started writing stuff that was really personal and meaningful, and because of built-up aggression, some of the words just felt like they needed to be screamed.”
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