Tom had a raspy cough, the result of years of heavy smoking.
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Raspy
//ˈɹæsp.i//
Synonyms for "raspy" (30 found)
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Closest matches (6)
Strong matches (9)
Related words (15)
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Translations
17 translations across 13 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- дрезгав adj (rough, raw)
Czech
1 entries- chraplavý adj (rough, raw)
Dutch
1 entries- rauw adj (rough, raw)
Finnish
1 entries- käheä adj (rough, raw)
French
2 entries- râpe adj (rough, raw)
- râpeux adj (rough, raw)
German
1 entries- rau adj (rough, raw)
Māori
1 entries- māngūngungu adj (rough, raw)
Polish
1 entries- zgrzytliwy adj (rough, raw)
Romanian
2 entries- aspru adj (rough, raw)
- răgușit adj (rough, raw)
Russian
2 entries- дребезжа́щий adj (rough, raw)
- скреже́щущий adj (rough, raw)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- promukao adj (rough, raw)
Spanish
1 entries- ronco adj (rough, raw)
Swedish
2 entries- raspig adj (rough, raw)
- skrovlig adj (rough, raw)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
Your voice is raspy. Why?
Source: tatoeba (6477355)
Tom has a raspy voice.
Source: tatoeba (8769991)
His voice is a bit raspy.
Source: tatoeba (9189286)
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