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adjective
- 1. (of a person's voice) sounding rough and harsh, typically as the result of a sore throat or of shouting: "a hoarse whisper"
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HOARSE definition: 1. (of a voice or a person) having a rough voice, often because of a sore throat or a cold: 2. (of…. Learn more.
the quality of a person's voice when it sounds rough, often because of a sore throat or a cold: Her symptoms include difficulty breathing and hoarseness. People who talk or sing for a living are especially prone to hoarseness. See. hoarse.
HOARSE meaning: 1. (of a voice or a person) having a rough voice, often because of a sore throat or a cold: 2. (of…. Learn more.
The meaning of HOARSE is rough or harsh in sound : grating. How to use hoarse in a sentence.
adjective. If your voice is hoarse or if you are hoarse, your voice sounds rough and unclear, for example because your throat is sore. 'So what do you think?' she said in a hoarse whisper. Nick's voice was hoarse with screaming. The crowd roared themselves hoarse, waving their flags. Synonyms: rough, harsh, husky, grating More Synonyms of hoarse.
Hoarse definition: having a vocal tone characterized by weakness of intensity and excessive breathiness; husky. See examples of HOARSE used in a sentence.
adjective. /hɔːs/ /hɔːrs/ if a person or their voice is hoarse, their voice sounds rough and unpleasant, especially because of a sore throat (= a painful throat because of an infection) He shouted himself hoarse. a hoarse cough/cry/scream. His voice was hoarse with exhaustion. Extra Examples. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. Word Origin.
A hoarse voice is deep and rough and kind of hard to make out. People get hoarse when they're sick, or when they are calling in sick to work. If you're supposed to perform in a play tonight, you'd better hope you don't get hoarse: a hoarse voice doesn't sound the way it should.
hoarse. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English hoarse /hɔːs $ hɔːrs/ adjective if you are hoarse, or if your voice is hoarse, you speak in a low rough voice, for example because your throat is sore He was hoarse from laughing. hoarse voice/whisper/groan etc —hoarsely adverb —hoarseness noun [ uncountable] Examples from the ...
1. Rough or grating in sound: a hoarse cry. 2. Having or characterized by a husky, grating voice: yelled ourselves hoarse. [Middle English hos, hors, from Old English hās, *hārs .] hoarse′ly adv. hoarse′ness n. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
