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hoarse

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hoarse  (hôrs, hrs)
adj. hoars·er, hoars·est
1. Rough or grating in sound: a hoarse cry.
2. Having or characterized by a husky, grating voice: yelled ourselves hoarse.

[Middle English hos, hors, from Old English hs, *hrs.]

hoarsely adv.
hoarseness n.

hoarse
Adjective
1. (of a voice) rough and unclear through illness or too much shouting
2. having a rough and unclear voice [from Old Norse]
hoarsely adv
hoarseness n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.hoarse - 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
cacophonic, cacophonous - having an unpleasant sound; "as cacophonous as a henyard"- John McCarten

hoarse
Translations
hoarse [hɔːs] adjronco

hoarse [hɔːs] adjenroué(e)

hoarse [hɔːs] adjheiser

hoarse [hɔːs] adjrauco/a

hoarse
adj hoarse [hoːs]
1 (of voices, shouts etc) rough; harsh a hoarse cry; His voice sounds hoarse. hees, skor أجَش، خَشِن дрезгав chraplavý hæs heiser βραχνός, τραχύς (για φωνή) ronco kähe گرفته käheä enroué צָרוּד कर्कश oštar, hrapav, škripav (glas) rekedt (hang) parau hás, rámur fioco しわがれた 귀에 거슬리는 šaižus, šiurkštus aizsmacis garau hees hes, skurrende ochrypły rouco răguşit хриплый chrapľavý hripav promukao hes (เสียง) แหบห้าว boğuk, kısık 嘶啞的 хрипкий بیٹھی ہوئی آواز (giọng nói) cộc cằn và khàn khàn
2 having a hoarse voice, usually because one has a cold or cough, or because one has been shouting You sound hoarse – have you a cold?; The spectators shouted themselves hoarse. hees, skor مُصاب بِبَحَّه، أجَش الصَّوْت пресипнал ochraptělý hæs heiser βραχνιασμένος ronco kähe دارای صدای گرفته käheä enroué צָרוּד कर्कश स्वर वाला promukao (glas) rekedt (hang) serak hás, rámur rauco しわがれ声の (목소리가) 쉰 užkimęs, kimus aizsmacis garau hees hes zachrypnięty rouco ră­guşit охрипший zachrípnutý hripav promukao hes, skrovlig (เสียง) แหบห้าว boğuk/kısık sesli 沙啞的 охриплий جس کی آواز بیٹھی ہوئی ہو (người) có giọng nói khàn khàn
n hoarseness
heesheid, skorheid بُحَّة في الصَّوْت дрезгавост chrapot hæshed die Heiserkeit βραχνάδα ronquera kähedus گرفتگی käheys enrouement צְרִידוּת आवाज का फटापन promuklost rekedtség keserakan hæsi raucedine 声のかすれ 목소리가 쉬어 있음 užkimimas aizsmakums kegarauan heesheid heshet chryp(k)a rouquidão răguşeală хрипота chripot hripavost promuklost heshet (เสียง) แหบห้าว kısıklık, boğukluk 嘶啞 охриплість آواز کا بیٹھا ہونا tình trạng khàn giọng


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Poyser, who was wrapped up in a warm shawl and was too hoarse to speak with her usual facility.
Throughout the day he was delirious, pacing up and down, uttering hoarse cries, gnawing his clinched fists, and ready to open his veins and drink his own hot blood.
My boy, Liberty does not come from colors, they only show party, and all the liberty you can get out of them is, liberty to get drunk at other people's expense, liberty to ride to the poll in a dirty old cab, liberty to abuse any one that does not wear your color, and to shout yourself hoarse at what you only half-understand -- that's your liberty
 
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