Billie Holiday had an earthy, gravelly voice.
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Gravelly
//ˈɡɹævəli//
Synonyms for "gravelly" (70 found)
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1 entriesrelated to
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28 translations across 16 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- خَشِن adj (of a voice: unpleasantly harsh or rasping)
Aromanian
1 entries- chitros adj (full of, covered with, or similar to gravel or pebbles)
Bulgarian
2 entries- дрезгав adj (of a voice: unpleasantly harsh or rasping)
- чакълест adj (full of, covered with, or similar to gravel or pebbles)
Cebuano
1 entries- grabahon adj (full of, covered with, or similar to gravel or pebbles)
Finnish
1 entries- sorainen adj (full of, covered with, or similar to gravel or pebbles)
French
3 entries- graveleux adj (full of, covered with, or similar to gravel or pebbles)
- rocailleux adj (of a voice: unpleasantly harsh or rasping)
- râpeux adj (of a voice: unpleasantly harsh or rasping)
Galician
3 entries- cascallento adj (full of, covered with, or similar to gravel or pebbles)
- cavernoso adj (of a voice: unpleasantly harsh or rasping)
- rouco adj (of a voice: unpleasantly harsh or rasping)
Georgian
1 entries- ხრეშიანი adj (full of, covered with, or similar to gravel or pebbles)
German
3 entries- harsch adj (of a voice: unpleasantly harsh or rasping)
- kieselig adj (full of, covered with, or similar to gravel or pebbles)
- kiesig adj (full of, covered with, or similar to gravel or pebbles)
Hungarian
1 entries- kavicsos adj (full of, covered with, or similar to gravel or pebbles)
Italian
3 entries- breccioso adj (full of, covered with, or similar to gravel or pebbles)
- ghiaioso adj (full of, covered with, or similar to gravel or pebbles)
- ghiaroso adj (full of, covered with, or similar to gravel or pebbles)
Japanese
1 entries- 塩っぱい adj (of a voice: unpleasantly harsh or rasping)
Latin
2 entries- glāreōsus adj (full of, covered with, or similar to gravel or pebbles)
- sabulōsus adj (full of, covered with, or similar to gravel or pebbles)
Macedonian
1 entries- чакалест adj (full of, covered with, or similar to gravel or pebbles)
Middle Irish
1 entries- gríanach adj (full of, covered with, or similar to gravel or pebbles)
Spanish
3 entries- cascajoso adj (full of, covered with, or similar to gravel or pebbles)
- rasposo adj (of a voice: unpleasantly harsh or rasping)
- áspero adj (of a voice: unpleasantly harsh or rasping)
Sample sentences
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A gravelly voice is not exactly uncommon in the world of video game protagonists.
Source: tatoeba (8682910)
They replaced Clay's voice actor with some guy who has a gravelly voice.
Source: tatoeba (8682912)
Comedian Les Dawson was famous for his gravelly, deadpan delivery.
Source: tatoeba (11390217)
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