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raspy

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rasp·y  (rsp)
adj. rasp·i·er, rasp·i·est
Rough; grating.
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Adj.1.raspy - unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound; "a gravelly voice"
grating, rasping, gravelly, scratchy, rough
cacophonic, cacophonous - having an unpleasant sound; "as cacophonous as a henyard"- John McCarten
Translations
raspy [ˈrɑːspɪ] ADJ [voice] → ronco, áspero; [tone] → quebrado
raspy
adj (= hoarse) tone → krächzend; voice → heiser
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At such times I could see his villanous face plainly, and, when the sulphur from the matches irritated his lungs, between the raspy cough that followed and the clammy mud in which I was lying, I confess I shivered harder than ever.
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I was getting sort of used to the widow's ways, too, and they warn't so raspy on me.
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His very boots were benevolent, and his collars never stiff and raspy like other people's.
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