HOARSE

gruff, hoarse, husky

(adjective) deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion; “gruff voices”; “the dog’s gruff barking”; “hoarse cries”; “makes all the instruments sound powerful but husky”- Virgil Thomson

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

hoarse (comparative hoarser, superlative hoarsest)

Having a dry, harsh tone to the voice, as a result of a sore throat, age, emotion, etc.

Anagrams

• ahorse, ashore, hearos, shoare

Source: Wiktionary


Hoarse, a. [Compar. Hoarser, superl. Hoarsest.] Etym: [OE. hors, also hos, has, AS. has; akin to D. heesch, G. heiser, Icel. hass, Dan. hæs, Sw. hes. Cf. Prov. E. heazy.]

1. Having a harsh, rough, grating voice or sound, as when affected with a cold; making a rough, harsh cry or sound; as, the hoarse raven. The hoarse resounding shore. Dryden.

2. Harsh; grating; discordant; -- said of any sound.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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