rough-voiced

American  

[ruhf-voist] / ˈrʌfˈvɔɪst /

adjective

1. having a harsh or grating voice.

   a rough-voiced barker.

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Etymology

Origin of rough-voiced

First recorded in 1810–20

Example Sentences

There were fussy and chatty grey doves like Grandmothers; and brown, rough-voiced pigeons like Uncles; and greeny, cackling, no-I’ve-no-money-today pigeons like Fathers.

From Literature

The rough-voiced Nashville lifer Chris Stapleton, whose appearance at the Country Music Association Awards last month helped shoot his much-beloved debut Traveller to the top of the charts, was awarded an album of the year nomination, among others; the slow-burning Alabama Shakes, whose electric live performances and critical-darling status helped them become festival headliners, are up for that award as well for Sound & Color, which captures their in-concert spark better than any of their albums to date.

From The Guardian

This mighty simulacrum of the glowering, rough-voiced Japanese actor—Kurosawa’s longtime muse and the household god of Toho, who appeared in more than 100 of the studio’s productions over a period of 40 years—easily dwarfs the modest Godzilla statue nearby, which stands scarcely higher than the stuntman in a rubber suit who originally played him.

From Slate

Fortunately, Jack Klugman, who died Monday at age 90, was not like many stars–a leading man, rough-voiced, with a face like a weathered stone, who could play hilarious comedy while giving just a hint of the soul and emotion behind a guy like blunt-talking sportswriter Oscar Madison.

From Time

A rough-looking and a rough-voiced sort of a man was Mr Burn-the-wind, as the villagers called him; but it will be readily enough admitted, I think, that there is always some good in people whom cats, and dogs, and children, are fond of.

From Project Gutenberg