Hoarse

/hɔːs/

Synonyms for "hoarse" (79 found)

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Closest matches (16)

Adjective(3 words)

husky barky croupiest

blurred brassy brazen breathy choked choking coarse cracked croaking croaky dissonant drawling

Verb(1 words)

croaked

Strong matches (24)

drawly dry dysphonic grating gruff guttural harsh harsh-sounding hawking husky inarticulate indistinct jarring lisping loud metallic mispronounced

Verb(1 words)

gargled

Adjective(5 words)

gravelly gruff gruffest harsh huskier

Noun(1 words)

grunting

Related words (39)

muzzy nasal quavering ragged rasping raucid raucous rough roupy rude rugged rusty scratchy shaking shaky snuffling squawking squawky stertorous stifled

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strangled strident stridulous thick throaty tinny tremulous twangy velar

Adjective(9 words)

raspier raspiest raspy rough scratchy screaky throatier throatiest throaty

Noun(1 words)

scratchily voiced narration

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

2 entries

sound qualityvoice quality

More specific

6 entries

hoarse coughhoarse cryhoarse whisperhusky voiceraspy voicethroaty voice

Collocations

5 entries

acute hoarsenesschronic hoarsenesshoarse throathoarse voicehoarseness in speech

Inflections

2 entries

hoarser hoarsest

Derivations

2 entries

hoarsely hoarseness

similar

2 entries

cacophonic cacophonous

Sample sentences

16 total sentences available.

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They were all hoarse from shouting.

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I talked myself hoarse.

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I am hoarse from yelling so much.

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He shouted himself hoarse.

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