raspy

[ ras-pee, rah-spee ]

/ ˈræs pi, ˈrɑ spi /

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adjective, rasp·i·er, rasp·i·est.

harsh; grating; rasping.

easily annoyed; irritable.

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Origin of raspy

First recorded in 1830–40; rasp + -y¹

OTHER WORDS FROM raspy

rasp·i·ness, nounun·rasp·y, adjective

Words nearby raspy

rasper, rasping, raspings, Rasputin, Rasputin, Grigori, raspy, rasse, Ras Shamra, rassle, Rasta, Rastafari

How to use raspy in a sentence

Known as the Five Foot Assassin, the rapper from A Tribe Called Quest became a hip-hop legend in the ’90s for his raspy flows, punchy one-liners and infectious enthusiasm.
The Most Anticipated Albums of 2022|Andrew R. Chow|December 21, 2021|Time
The week of April 7, she started hearing raspy coughs from inside patient rooms.
900,000 infected. Nearly 15,000 dead. How the coronavirus tore through D.C., Maryland and Virginia.|Rebecca Tan, Antonio Olivo, John D. Harden|February 5, 2021|Washington Post
Her voice was raspy and after answering questions she paused, as if about to faint.
Jeopardy! Champion Julia Collins’s Brain Feels Like Mush|Sujay Kumar|November 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A deep, raspy voice seems the only vestige of the three decades he spent pounding his body with poisons.
Hallucinating Away a Heroin Addiction|Abby Haglage|May 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST

I hear it again in my ears, as I did that day in October 1971, ardent and raspy, unchanged by the passage of time.
Bernard-Henri Lévy: André Malraux’s Bangladesh, Before the Radicals|Bernard-Henri Lévy|April 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I heard your trademark raspy voice came from a childhood malady?
Emma Stone On ‘The Amazing Spider-Man,’ Andrew Garfield, & More|Marlow Stern|June 26, 2012|DAILY BEAST
No, sorry, I speak fast, and my voice is kind of raspy because we went out drinking last night.
Kelly Clarkson Talks Heartbreak|Ramin Setoodeh|October 25, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Sometimes a blue miasmic haze settled down, and the dry raspy hides of the elephants grew damp and they fretted at their chains.
The Adventures of Kathlyn|Harold MacGrath
She held out her hands; the dry raspy trunk curled out toward them.
The Adventures of Kathlyn|Harold MacGrath
His voice got a little raspy; it is certain that his eyes were a little dim.
Sue, A Little Heroine|L. T. Meade
It is, in truth, somewhat saturnine; rather raspy, occasionally vitriolic.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 108, February 23, 1895|Various
Duarte, his soft raspy words choked and unintelligible, embraced Hall.
The Five Arrows|Allan Chase