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hoarse Adjective

— If your voice is hoarse, it is very dry and rough. He replied with a hoarse whisper.

hoarse

— adjective (= gruff, husky) deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion gruff voices the dog's gruff barking hoarse cries makes all the instruments sound powerful but husky — Virgil Thomson

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husky

throaty

raucous

gruff

wheezy

harsh

weak

rough

raspy

husky voice

huskily

hoarseness

hoarsely

croaky

wheeze

unwrought

unpitched sound

thick

strident

stew

snoring

rusty

rumble

ruffianly

roar

noise

mush

hoarse-voiced

harsh voice

guttural

gurgling sound

grating

dry

deep

cracked

buzz

breathy

become hoarse

be hoarse

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