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[ adjective ] deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion

Synonyms

husky gruff

Examples

"gruff voices" "the dog's gruff barking" "hoarse cries" "makes all the instruments sound powerful but husky:- Virgil Thomson

Used in print

(Gerald Green, The Heartless Light....)

Inside , as_soon_as Mr._Skopas had disclosed - in a hoarse whisper - the detective 's errand , his family gathered in a huddle , forming a mass of dark flesh on and around a brocaded sofa which stood at one side of a baroque fireplace .

(Bruce Palmer, "My Brother's Keeper", Many Are...)

The thin gray figures raised a hoarse , cawing cry like the call of a bird flock .

Related terms

cacophonous

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