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rumbly

rumbly

2 5.5
Making a low, deep sound like distant thunder or a hungry stomach
  • adjective
  • /ˈrʌmbli/
translation icon : retumbante
  • It is fast, it is rumbly, it's loud, it's cool.
  • rumbly noise
  • low and rumbly

Anyway, so I had that and I was like little rumbly.

Examples

  • Whatever was holding him relaxed its grip and chuckled a low, rumbly chuckle.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • I tell her to buckle up because the rocket can get "rumbly."

    Blog text (10)

  • Does that give you the rumbly tummy, too?

    Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)

  • His voice is low and rumbly, like the noise of a bulldozer.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • I have one to add: a rumbly and bloated stomach and many trips to the bathroom.

    Blog text (31)

  • He cleared his throat with a great rumbly sound and said, "Oh, yeah?"

    Fiction book (1993)

  • In fact, he was so distracted by his rumbly tummy, that he didn't notice that he was walking onto the next paragraph.

    Winnie the Pooh (2011)

  • Umm, especially because right now my rumbly tumbly bumble belly.

  • "Which one of you barbarians is Samuel Henry Redburn?" she demanded in a voice so deep and rumbly with anger that half of us was checking the sky for thunder while the other half was checking her upper lip for a mustache.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • The thunderstorm created a rumbly sound that echoed through the valley.

Synonyms

rumbling
vsrumbly
2 3.2

Making a deep low sound that you can feel

is the same deep continuous sound often heard like thunder or a hungry stomach
growly
vsrumbly
1 5.7

Making a low rough sound like a dog or bear

is a deeper continuous low sound often from weather or an empty stomach

Antonyms

silent
257 1.0

Not making any sound

quiet
45 1.0

A calm time with little or no sound

How Deep

thunderous
15 4.1
booming
3 3.4
rumbly
2 5.5
low
721 1.8

Surface Forms

rumbly positive

Morphology

rumbly = rumble (transparent) = rumble + y

Formed by adding the adjectival suffix '-y' to 'rumble', giving 'characterized by rumbling'.

Etymology

Rumbly comes from the verb rumble, a word that copies the sound of thunder or a drum and means 'deep, rolling sound'. So, rumbly describes something that makes a low, continuous noise, like a hungry stomach or an old machine.