adjective
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gratingly harsh or raucous in tone
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low, harsh, and lacking in intensity
a hoarse whisper
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having a husky voice, as through illness, shouting, etc
Other Word Forms
- hoarsely adverb
- hoarseness noun
Etymology
Origin of hoarse
1350–1400; Middle English hors < Old Norse *hārs (assumed variant of hāss ); replacing Middle English hoos, Old English hās, cognate with Old High German heis, Old Saxon hēs
Example Sentences
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The graduates were hoarse and flights were canceled, but nobody seemed to mind.
“I still recorded the show with my very hoarse voice, but then put the AI voice over that, telling the audience from the very beginning, I’m sick,” Mandy said.
From Los Angeles Times
She updated her followers in a later post by saying she was "a bit hoarse, but all is good".
From BBC
Lord Fredrick was in the midst of vigorously scolding some unfortunate person; his voice was hoarse and froggy, and now and then he made an odd, sneezy, barky sort of sound.
From Literature
Data screamed till his voice was hoarse alongside his fellow Goonies, and in “Head of the Class,” Jonathan Kwong revealed his hormonal humanity beyond academic prowess.
From Salon
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