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as in irritable
easily irritated or annoyed
overwork tends to make him raspy
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as in hoarse
harsh and dry in sound
the dying man spoke in a barely audible, raspy voice
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Recent Examples of raspy
The raspy voice on the other end of the line gave the intruder instructions.
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Megan Cassidy,
San Francisco Chronicle,
4 Feb. 2026
The birds are also known for their thrilling, raspy scream that Hollywood directors often use in films to emulate any hawk, and even raptors, according to Cornell.
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Kendrick Calfee,
Kansas City Star,
4 Dec. 2025
So Erivo briefly spoke into the mic in a raspy voice.
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Dan Heching,
CNN Money,
18 Nov. 2025
This is why Dijon’s language works best as sound, not narrative—his rangy, raspy voice seethes and triumphs, mocks and threatens; there’s no world in which his polygonal perspective can be discerned from a lyric sheet.
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Brady Brickner-Wood,
New Yorker,
16 Aug. 2025
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Megan Cassidy,
San Francisco Chronicle,
4 Feb. 2026
The birds are also known for their thrilling, raspy scream that Hollywood directors often use in films to emulate any hawk, and even raptors, according to Cornell.
—
Kendrick Calfee,
Kansas City Star,
4 Dec. 2025
So Erivo briefly spoke into the mic in a raspy voice.
—
Dan Heching,
CNN Money,
18 Nov. 2025
This is why Dijon’s language works best as sound, not narrative—his rangy, raspy voice seethes and triumphs, mocks and threatens; there’s no world in which his polygonal perspective can be discerned from a lyric sheet.
—
Brady Brickner-Wood,
New Yorker,
16 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for raspy
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Cancer could be affectionate and chatty one moment, and withdrawn and irritable the next, with little to no explanation.
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They can be withdrawn or irritable.
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Others walked home sunburned, hoarse and still dressed in blue and orange.
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During the debate, Joe Biden frequently lost his train of thought, stumbled over answers, and appeared hoarse, fueling concerns among voters and party leaders.
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Pelley had a very fiery clash with 60 Minutes’ new executive producer, Nick Bilton, in an internal network town hall on June 1 that went public.
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The map introduces the armored Oni, which swings a spiked kanabō, plus Scorched Zombies and fiery Hellhounds tied to its lava-field hazards.
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Abraham Lincoln furiously scribbled in Springfield on June 27, 1858, firing off a gruff note to the editor-in-chief of the Chicago Press & Tribune, then in business for only 11 years.
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But Rose bet that a less gruff voice, ultimately Mike Brown’s, was required to win it all.
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Known for a unique approach to improvisation and his warm, husky voice, Ulmer settled into a niche of his own in the late Seventies and early Eighties.
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The 5-year-old husky mix is a regular at Spot's Place in Regina, Saskatchewan, usually attending Monday through Friday.
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“Raspy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/raspy. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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