Hoarse
[hɔːs] or [hɔrs]
Definition
(superl.) 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.
(superl.) Harsh; grating; discordant; -- said of any sound.
Edited by Fergus
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Husky, raucous.[2]. Rough, grating, harsh.
Edited by Bonita
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Harsh, grating, husky, raucous, rough, gruff
ANT:Mellifluous, mellow, rich, sweet, melodious
Checker: Sigmund
Definition
adj. having a harsh grating voice as from a cold: harsh: discordant.—adv. Hoarse′ly.—n. Hoarse′ness.
Checker: Lorrie
Examples
- Becky was singing a snatch of the song of the night before; a hoarse voice shouted Brava! William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- But he called till he was hoarse; nobody paid the least attention to him. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Pray don't say any more about it, said Will, in a hoarse undertone extremely unlike his usual light voice. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- He is one man, and you are many; but her words died away, for there was no tone in her voice; it was but a hoarse whisper. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- He has put up for the night, at an Angler's Inn,' was the fatigued and hoarse reply. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- He said no more for the moment; indeed, those two words were hoarse. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- A dim light shone at intervals from some bed-room window; and the hoarse barking of dogs occasionally broke the silence of the night. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- His voice was hoarse, and trembling with tender passion, as he said:-- 'Margaret! Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Here he is, very muddy, very hoarse, very ragged. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- That passion of January, so white and so bloodless, was not yet spent: the storm had raved itself hoarse, but seemed no nearer exhaustion. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- He's hoarser than suits me, is Jerry. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Again; there is a sound as of a human voice, but hoarser; it comes from the cabin where the remains of Frankenstein still lie. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- I wish I was among some of you; you'd howl the hoarser for it. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- That's a Blazing strange answer, too, said he, at his hoarsest. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
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