Synonyms for hoarse
hɔrs, hoʊrshoarse

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1. hoarse

   Synonyms:
   harsh, grating, husky, raucous, rough, gruff

   Antonyms:
   mellifluous, mellow, rich, sweet, melodious

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1. gruff, hoarse, huskyadjective

   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

   Synonyms:
   ill-humored, gruff, burly, buirdly, crusty, husky, strapping, beefy, ill-humoured, curmudgeonly

   Antonyms:
   euphonious, euphonous

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1. hoarseadjective

   Synonyms:
   husky, raucous

2. hoarseadjective

   Synonyms:
   rough, grating, harsh

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1. hoarseadjective

   Synonyms:
   harsh, discordant, husky, raucous, guttural

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1. Jacob Mafume:

   The arrest of labor leaders and opposition members is a familiar script in Africa. We have called for dialogue until our voices have gone hoarse but have been ignored.

2. Dante Alighieri:

   There sighs, lamentations and loud wailings resounded through the starless air, so that at first it made me weep; strange tongues, horrible language, words of pain, tones of anger, voices loud and hoarse, and with these the sound of hands, made a tumult which is whirling through that air forever dark, and sand eddies in a whirlwind.

3. Meng Hu:

   I've been talking nonstop, my throat gets really hoarse. [ In this job, ] you need to talk a lot, because your mood is contagious. You can't just do things halfway. Only when you talk enthusiastically can you get your audience excited.

4. Alexander Mullings:

   My voice is hoarse. I was screaming, ‘Ahhhhhh!'.