hoarse

adjective

ˈhȯrs How to pronounce hoarse (audio)
Definition of hoarsenext
as in gruff
harsh and dry in sound the dying man spoke in a hoarse whisper

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Recent Examples of hoarse Davis and subsequently Streep — whose acceptance speech included a biographical survey of half the celebrities in the room and a call for resistance made in a voice gone hoarse by hollering at Women’s March protests the day before — know the only way out is through. — Vulture Staff, Vulture, 5 Jan. 2025 While working through the audio issues, Billy Ray wandered the stage, sang a cappella, and left some viewers concerned about his hoarse voice and at times erratic behavior. — Shania Russell, EW.com, 28 Jan. 2025 Hollis lists her grievances, her voice hoarse and shrill. — Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025 During the presidential debate between Biden and Trump, the president's voice sounded hoarse, particularly as the debate began, and his answers at times seemed muddled. — Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hoarse
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hoarse
  1. gruff
  2. husky
  3. coarse
  4. rusty
Adjective
  • There’s a gruff and garrulous baseball pitching and hitting machine called Pop Fly (Brian Cox).
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 14 Mar. 2025
  • In The Empire’s frame, residents of a coastal village in northern France — gruff, virile fisherman Jony (Brandon Vlieghe) and teenage tease Line (Lyna Khoudri) — reveal their oddball allegiance to extraterrestrial invaders.
    — Armond White, National Review, 14 Mar. 2025
Definition of gruff
Adjective
  • Voicing the bag is an older woman with a husky Tuscan timbre, which carries the whole way through its lifecycle onscreen.
    — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 14 Feb. 2025
  • My husky boy feet cemented into the concrete veranda.
    — Diane Seuss, Harper's Magazine, 2 July 2024
Definition of husky
Adjective
  • Black Himalayan salt is a coarse salt that comes from the mines of the Himalayas.
    — Lindsey DeSoto, Health, 12 Mar. 2025
  • My favorite combination is unsalted Irish Kerrygold butter mixed paired with clover honey and topped with coarse salt.
    — Cathy Thomas, Orange County Register, 11 Mar. 2025
Definition of coarse
Adjective
  • An attentive passerby noticed something in a wetland in Sweden and picked up a rusty brown loop.
    — Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 20 Mar. 2025
  • The moon will turn deep shades of rusty red throughout the more than hourlong totality, thus producing a vibrant visual in the night sky.
    — Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 13 Mar. 2025
Definition of rusty

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