throaty

1 harsh and dry in sound had a bad cold and a throaty cough to go with it Synonyms coarse, croaking, croaky, grating, gravel, gravelly, gruff, husky, rasping, raspy, rusty, scratchy, hoarseRelated Words growling, growly, guttural; abrasive, cacophonous, discordant, grinding, jarring, rough, scraping, scratching; cawing, raucous, screeching, squawking, strident; choked, cracked, strained, strangled; dissonant, inharmonious, unmelodious, unmusicalNear Antonyms gentle, gliding, golden, liquid, mellifluent, mellifluous, mellow, soothing, sweet, tender; satiny, silken, smooth, soft, velvety; euphonious, lyric, lyrical, melodic, melodious, musical

2 having a low musical pitch or range a throaty alto Synonyms bass, grave, low, deepRelated Words boomy, tubby; gruff, hoarse, husky, rough, smoky (also smokey)Near Antonyms squeaking, squeaky, squealing, thin; earsplitting, penetrating, piercing, strident; peeping, tinnyAntonyms acute, high, high-pitched, piping, sharp, shrill, treble