hoarse

hoarse

adj \ˈhȯrs\

hoars·erhoars·est

Definition of HOARSE

1

: rough or harsh in sound : grating <a hoarse voice>

2

: having a hoarse voice <shouted himself hoarse>

— hoarse·ly adverb

— hoarse·ness noun

Examples of HOARSE

1. She could only speak in a hoarse whisper.
2. The cold made me a little hoarse.

Origin of HOARSE

Middle English hos, hors, probably from Old Norse *hārs, hāss; akin to Old English hās hoarse, Old High German heis

First Known Use: before 12th century

Related to HOARSE

Synonyms: coarse, croaking, croaky, grating, gravel, gravelly, gruff, husky, rasping, raspy, rusty, scratchy, throaty

Related Words: growling, growly, guttural; abrasive, cacophonous, discordant, grinding, jarring, rough, scraping, scratching; cawing, raucous, screeching, squawking, strident; choked, cracked, strained, strangled; dissonant, inharmonious, unmelodious, unmusical

Near Antonyms: gentle, gliding, golden, liquid, mellifluent, mellifluous, mellow, soothing, sweet, tender; satiny, silken, smooth, soft, velvety; euphonious, lyric, lyrical, melodic, melodious, musical

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Rhymes with HOARSE

coarse, corse, course, force, gorse, horse, Morse, Norse, source