Synonyms of croaking

croaking 1 of 2

adjective

as in hoarse

harsh and dry in sound

a croaking voice from smoking too many cigarettes

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hoarse
• gruff
• husky
• raspy
• gravelly
• throaty
• rusty
• croaky
• rasping
• gravel
• scratchy
• coarse
• grating
• growling
• choked
• guttural
• scratching
• strangled
• scraping
• strained
• grinding
• strident
• discordant
• cacophonous
• raucous
• screeching
• squawking
• abrasive
• jarring
• growly
• cawing
• cracked
• unmusical
• dissonant
• rough
• inharmonious
• unmelodious

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• liquid
• sweet
• gentle
• golden
• soothing
• mellifluous
• mellow
• tender
• soft
• smooth
• gliding
• silken
• velvety
• musical
• mellifluent
• melodious
• melodic
• satiny
• lyric
• lyrical
• euphonious

croaking

2 of 2

verb

present participle of croak

1

as in complaining

to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely

the cranky patient was always croaking to the nurses about something

Synonyms & Similar Words

• complaining
• screaming
• whining
• moaning
• muttering
• growling
• squawking
• murmuring
• whimpering
• squealing
• grumbling
• kicking
• wailing
• hollering
• yammering
• crying
• worrying
• yowling
• keening
• inveighing
• bitching
• bleating
• carping
• grousing
• nagging
• caterwauling
• yawping
• griping
• repining
• beefing
• whinging
• grouching
• bellyaching
• kvetching
• crabbing
• grizzling
• maundering
• protesting
• grumping
• fussing
• sobbing
• kicking up a fuss
• objecting (to)
• quarreling (with)
• stewing
• quibbling
• blubbering
• fretting
• lamenting
• bewailing
• caviling
• deploring
• bemoaning

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rejoicing
• delighting
• accepting
• enduring
• crowing
• taking
• bearing
• tolerating
• cheering
• applauding
• commending
• countenancing

2

as in dying

slang to stop living

I wouldn't go around saying your great-grandmother "croaked"

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dying
• falling
• perishing
• succumbing
• departing
• disappearing
• ending
• exiting
• expiring
• passing (on)
• parting
• checking out
• fading
• buying it
• dropping
• stepping out
• passing away
• going
• kicking off
• deceasing
• kicking in
• demising
• popping off
• flatlining
• pegging out
• snuffing it
• conking (out)
• giving up the ghost
• kicking the bucket
• biting the dust
• failing
• consuming
• drying up
• predeceasing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• living
• breathing
• coming to
• lingering
• reviving
• existing
• being
• flourishing
• subsisting
• thriving
• prospering

3

as in killing

slang to deprive of life

"I croaked the old bugger," he bragged

Synonyms & Similar Words

• killing
• destroying
• slaying
• dispatching
• murdering
• claiming
• taking
• carrying off
• slaughtering
• felling
• assassinating
• doing for
• doing in
• doing away with
• wasting
• whacking
• cutting down
• snuffing
• butchering
• neutralizing
• massacring
• smiting
• decimating
• annihilating
• executing
• finishing
• making away with
• offing
• mowing
• getting
• killing off
• taking out
• terminating
• putting away
• icing
• blotting out
• knocking off
• scragging
• bumping off
• rubbing out
• martyring
• euthanizing
• putting down
• suiciding

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• animating
• restoring
• raising
• reviving
• resurrecting
• nurturing
• resuscitating

4

as in murdering

slang to put to death deliberately

hooligans had croaked the street corner wino just for the hell of it

Synonyms & Similar Words

• murdering
• assassinating
• slaying
• executing
• killing
• whacking
• dispatching
• getting
• neutralizing
• snuffing
• terminating
• slaughtering
• liquidating
• destroying
• offing
• taking out
• putting away
• icing
• knocking off
• doing in
• shooting
• doing away with
• bumping off
• rubbing out
• smiting
• cutting down
• claiming
• zapping
• shooting down
• massacring
• eliminating
• butchering
• blowing away
• eradicating
• exterminating
• carrying off
• felling
• blotting out
• annihilating
• mowing (down)
• wiping out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• restoring
• raising
• reviving
• animating
• resurrecting
• resuscitating

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of croaking

Adjective

Their croaking involves pushing air over vocal cords into a thin membrane known as a vocal sac that inflates under the chin. — Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Mar. 2026

Verb

An animal’s croaking rides away with the wind, and two sparrows rise from the reeds. — Melanie Stetson Freeman, Christian Science Monitor, 1 Sep. 2026

The track — with its croaking guitar, cymbal smashes, and stuttering vocals — sounds nothing like Brat’s gleaming, clubby gems (or the bouncy pop-punk of her 2014 LP Sucker, for that matter). — Caryn Ganz, Rolling Stone, 23 July 2026

This process magnifies the croaking, resulting in a surprising volume of sound considering the size of the small frogs. — Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Mar. 2026

Ravens circle overhead, croaking at my presence in defiance. — Josh Jackson, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026

Karaoke on Ambience mainly consists of elderly monk-like men croaking out album tracks by Black Sabbath, and grey haired women wailing out ABBA songs. — David Greig september 15, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2025