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hoarse
harsh; grating; throaty; rough: His voice was hoarse from screaming at the game.
Not to be confused with:
horse – large, four-legged animal: She rode the horse into the woods.
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hoarse
(hôrs)adj.hoars·er,hoars·est
1. Rough or grating in sound:a hoarse cry.
2. Having or characterized by a husky, grating voice:yelled ourselves hoarse.
[Middle Englishhos, hors, from Old Englishhās, *hārs.]
hoarse′ly adv.
hoarse′ness n.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
hoarse
(hɔːs)adj
1.gratingly harsh or raucous in tone
2.low, harsh, and lacking in intensity:a hoarse whisper.
3.having a husky voice, as through illness, shouting, etc
[C14: of Scandinavian origin; related to Old Norsehās, Old Saxonhēs]
ˈhoarselyadv
ˈhoarsenessn
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
hoarse
(hɔrs, hoʊrs)adj.hoars•er, hoars•est.
1. having a vocal tone characterized by weakness of intensity and excessive breathiness; husky.
2. having a raucous voice.
3. making a harsh, low sound.
[1350–1400; Middle Englishhors < Old Norse*hārs (assumed variant ofhāss); c. Old Englishhās, Old Saxonhēs, Old High Germanheis]
hoarse′ly,adv.
hoarse′ness,n.
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Adj. | 1. | hoarse - 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 cacophonic,cacophonous - having an unpleasant sound; "as cacophonous as a henyard"- John McCarten |
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hoarse
adjectiverough,harsh,husky,grating,growling,raucous,rasping,gruff,throaty,gravelly,guttural,croakyNick's voice was hoarse with screaming.
smooth,harmonious,melodious,mellifluous,clear,mellow
smooth,harmonious,melodious,mellifluous,clear,mellow
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
hoarse
adjectiveThe American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Translations
أجَش، خَشِنمبحوحمُصاب بِبَحَّه، أجَش الصَّوْت
chraplavýchraptivýochraptělý
hæs
hás, rámur
kimusšaižusužkimęsužkimimas
aizsmacis
zachrípnutý
hripav
hoarse
[hɔːs]ADJ (hoarser (compar) (hoarsest (superl))) →roncoto be hoarse →tener lavozronca
in a hoarse voice →convozronca
to shout o.s. hoarse →enronquecera fuerza degritar
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
hoarse
[ˈhɔːrs]adj [person] →enroué(e); [voice] →rauque; [whisper] →rauqueto shout o.s. hoarse →s'égosiller jusqu'à enperdre la voix
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
hoarse
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
hoarse
[hɔːs]adj (-r (comp) (-st (superl))) →rauco/athey shouted themselves hoarse →si sonosgolatia forza diurlare
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
hoarse
(hoːs) adjective1. (of voices, shoutsetc) rough; harsh.a hoarse cry;His voice sounds hoarse. hees, skor أجَش، خَشِن дрезгав rouco chraplavýheiser hæsβραχνός,τραχύςronco kähe گرفته käheäenrouéצרוד कर्कश oštar, hrapav, škripav (glas) rekedt (hang) parau hás, rámurfioco しわがれた 쉰 목소리의 šaižus, šiurkštus aizsmacis garauheeshes,skurrendeochrypły نیولی غږ، خشن او زیږ اوازrouco răguşitхриплый chrapľavý hripav promukao hes (เสียง) แหบห้าวboğuk,kısık 嘶啞的 хрипкий بیٹھی ہوئی آواز (giọng nói) cộc cằn và khàn khàn嘶哑的
2. having a hoarse voice,usually because one has a cold or cough, or because one has been shouting.You sound hoarse – have you a cold?;The spectators shouted themselves hoarse. hees, skor مُصاب بِبَحَّه، أجَش الصَّوْت пресипнал rouco ochraptělýheiser hæsβραχνιασμένοςronco kähe دارای صدای گرفته käheä-ääninenenrouéצרוד कर्कश स्वर वाला promukao (glas) rekedt (hang) serak hás, rámurrauco しわがれ声の (감기에 걸리거나 소리를 질러) 목이 쉰 užkimęs, kimus aizsmacis garauheesheszachrypnięty نیولی غږ سرهrouco răguşit охрипший zachrípnutý hripav promukao hes, skrovlig (เสียง) แหบห้าว boğuk/kısık sesli 沙啞的 охриплий جس کی آواز بیٹھی ہوئی ہو (người) có giọng nói khàn khàn (指声音)粗哑的,把嗓子喊哑的
ˈhoarseness noun heesheid, skorheid بُحَّة في الصَّوْت дрезгавост rouquidão chrapot die Heiserkeit hæshed βραχνάδαronquera kähedus گرفتگی käheysenrouementצרידות आवाज का फटापन promuklost rekedtség keserakan hæsiraucedine 声のかすれ 목이 쉼 užkimimas aizsmakums kegarauanheesheidheshetchrypa نیولی rouquidão răguşeală хрипота chripot hripavost promuklost heshet (เสียง) แหบห้าว kısıklık, boğukluk 嘶啞 охриплість آواز کا بیٹھا ہونا tình trạng khàn giọng嘶哑
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
hoarse
a. ronco-a; áspero-a.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
hoarse
adj ronco;to be — estar ronco, tener la voz roncaEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
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He rode hurriedly from the battlefield and returned to the Shevardino knoll, where he sat on his campstool, his sallow face swollen and heavy, his eyes dim, his nose red, and his voicehoarse, involuntarily listening, with downcast eyes, to the sounds of firing.
Twice she uttered her usual cuckoo call, and then gave ahoarse, hurried call and broke down.
They supported each other in all manner ofhoarse, howling pro- tests.
Poyser, who was wrapped up in a warm shawl and was toohoarse to speak with her usual facility.
The squire himself now sallied forth, and began to roar forth the name of Sophia as loudly, and in ashoarse a voice, as whilome did Hercules that of Hylas; and, as the poet tells us that the whole shore echoed back the name of that beautiful youth, so did the house, the garden, and all the neighbouring fields resound nothing but the name of Sophia, in thehoarse voices of the men, and in the shrill pipes of the women; while echo seemed so pleased to repeat the beloved sound, that, if there is really such a person, I believe Ovid hath belied her sex.
"My boy, Liberty does not come from colors, they only show party, and all the liberty you can get out of them is, liberty to get drunk at other people's expense, liberty to ride to the poll in a dirty old cab, liberty to abuse any one that does not wear your color, and to shout yourselfhoarse at what you only half-understand -- that's your liberty!"
"Tell them," said Morrel in ahoarse voice, "tell them that I am her betrothed.
Throughout the day he was delirious, pacing up and down, utteringhoarse cries, gnawing his clinched fists, and ready to open his veins and drink his own hot blood.
The house behind him was on fire, the air seemed filled withhoarse shoutings.
Her eyes softened upon him, and a kind answer was on her lips, when ahoarse shout, with the clatter of arms and stamping of steeds, rose up from the bailey below.
'Hallo!' cried a loud,hoarse voice, as soon as they set foot in the passage.
I heard a sound like the flutter of a bird's wings, and ahoarse croaking, but that was all.
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