Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Rough or grating in sound.
- adjective Having or characterized by a husky, grating voice.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To render hoarse: as, he was all hoarsed up.
- Deep and rough or harsh to the ear; discordant; raucous.
- Having a deep and harsh or grating voice; uttering low raucous sounds: as, to be hoarse from a cold.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having a harsh, rough, grating voice or sound, as when affected with a cold; making a rough, harsh cry or sound.
- adjective Harsh; grating; discordant; -- said of any sound.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Afflicted by a
dry , quiteharsh voice.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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His voice hoarse from a brewing head cold, he has gone from Oregon to Washington to California to Nevada.
In search of approval for his party and himself Philip Rucker 2010
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His voice hoarse from a brewing head cold, he has gone from Oregon to Washington to California to Nevada.
Obama, seeking lost magic, crosses country campaigning for Democrats - and himself Philip Rucker 2010
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He threw his head back and opened his mouth and the laughter came up in hoarse, loud hoots.
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He threw his head back and opened his mouth and the laughter came up in hoarse, loud hoots.
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It had not escaped him that his opponent was breathing in short, hoarse gasps, like a man who is dizzy with fatigue.
The White Company Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902
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It had not escaped him that his opponent was breathing in short, hoarse gasps, like a man who is dizzy with fatigue.
The White Company Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902
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It had not escaped him that his opponent was breathing in short, hoarse gasps, like a man who is dizzy with fatigue.
The White Company Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902
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It had not escaped him that his opponent was breathing in short, hoarse gasps, like a man who is dizzy with fatigue.
The White Company Arthur Conan Doyle 1894
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It had not escaped him that his opponent was breathing in short, hoarse gasps, like a man who is dizzy with fatigue.
The White Company 1890
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At last the former gradually subsided, and the latter, obeying the retreating tide, rolled away in hoarse murmurs.
The Scottish Chiefs 1875
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