Definition of hoarse

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Hoarse (superl.) Harsh; grating; discordant; -- said of any sound.

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Cough :: Cough (v. t.) To bring to a specified state by coughing; as, he coughed himself hoarse..
Pip :: Pip (n.) A contagious disease of fowls, characterized by hoarseness, discharge from the nostrils and eyes, and an accumulation of mucus in the mouth, forming a scale on the tongue. By some the term pip is restricted to this last symptom, the disease being called roup by them..
Hoarsely :: Hoarsely (adv.) With a harsh, grating sound or voice..
Raucity :: Raucity (n.) Harshness of sound; rough utterance; hoarseness; as, the raucity of a trumpet, or of the human voice..
Croak :: Croak (v. i.) To make a low, hoarse noise in the throat, as a frog, a raven, or a crow; hence, to make any hoarse, dismal sound..
Hoarsening :: Hoarsening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hoarse.
Burr :: Burr (v. i.) To speak with burr; to make a hoarse or guttural murmur.
Snore :: Snore (v. i.) To breathe with a rough, hoarse, nasal voice in sleep..
Throaty :: Throaty (a.) Guttural; hoarse; having a guttural voice.
Hoarseness :: Hoarseness (n.) Harshness or roughness of voice or sound, due to mucus collected on the vocal cords, or to swelling or looseness of the cords..
Rough :: Rough (n.) Loud and hoarse; offensive to the ear; harsh; grating; -- said of sound, voice, and the like; as, a rough tone; rough numbers..
Wheeze :: Wheeze (n.) An ordinary whisper exaggerated so as to produce the hoarse sound known as the stage whisper. It is a forcible whisper with some admixture of tone..
Hoarsened :: Hoarsened (imp. & p. p.) of Hoarse.
Quack :: Quack (n.) The cry of the duck, or a sound in imitation of it; a hoarse, quacking noise..
Hoarse :: Hoarse (superl.) Having a harsh, rough, grating voice or sound, as when affected with a cold; making a rough, harsh cry or sound; as, the hoarse raven..
Raucid :: Raucid (a.) Hoarse; raucous.
Husky :: Husky (a.) Rough in tone; harsh; hoarse; raucous; as, a husky voice..
Huskiness :: Huskiness (n.) Roughness of sound; harshness; hoarseness; as, huskiness of voice..
Sterve :: Stertorous (a.) Characterized by a deep snoring, which accompaines inspiration in some diseases, especially apoplexy; hence, hoarsely breathing; snoring..
Croak :: Croak (v. t.) To utter in a low, hoarse voice; to announce by croaking; to forebode; as, to croak disaster..
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