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1
easily irritated or annoyed
- overwork tends to make him raspy
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- bearish,
- bilious,
- cantankerous,
- cross-grained,
- curmudgeonly,
- disagreeable,
- dyspeptic,
- ill-humored,
- ill-natured,
- ill-tempered,
- off-color
- (or off-colored),
- ornery,
- querulous,
- snarly,
- surly
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Near Antonyms for raspy
- affable,
- companionable,
- cordial,
- extroverted
- (also extraverted),
- friendly,
- genial,
- gregarious,
- outgoing,
- sociable
2
harsh and dry in sound
- the dying man spoke in a barely audible, raspy voice
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“Raspy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/raspy. Accessed 30 Jul. 2021.
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The first known use of raspy was in 1838
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