meaning of hoarse
1. 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.
2. Harsh; grating; discordant; -- said of any sound.
3. deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion; "gruff voices"; "the dogs gruff barking"; "hoarse cries"; "makes all the instruments sound powerful but husky"- Virgil Thomson
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hoarse | hoarsely | hoarsen | hoarsened | hoarseness | hoarsening |
