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[hawrs, hohrs]

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adjective hoars·er, hoars·est.

having a vocal tone characterized by weakness of intensity and excessive breathiness; husky: the hoarse voice of the auctioneer.

having a raucous voice.

making a harsh, low sound.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English hors < Old Norse *hārs (assumed variant of hāss); replacing Middle English hoos, Old English hās, cognate with Old High German heis, Old Saxon hēs

Related forms

hoarse·ly, adverb

hoarse·ness, noun

Can be confused: hoarse, horse.

Synonyms
1. harsh, grating; throaty, rough.

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Example Sentences

Key symptoms include hives, hoarse voice, and wheezing.

The cashier was coughing and sniffling and talking in a hoarse voice while handling my food items.

Give your fearmongering a rest, for crying out hoarse.

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Key symptoms include hives, hoarse voice, and wheezing.

The cashier was coughing and sniffling and talking in a hoarse voice while handling my food items.

Give your fearmongering a rest, for crying out hoarse.

Nunu screamed herself hoarse as the physio gently moved her stiff legs.

There's punk, any simple chord progression played faster than mid-tempo with aggression and hoarse vocals.

Laloo can cry his throat hoarse in all his stupid rallies, but his days are as good as over.

Downstairs, where the animals are kept, the air was charged with hoarse mutterings and the chattering of monkeys.

First and above all, a good many of the crack canines were too hoarse to bark, much less could they think of howling.

The opposition has grown hoarse over the past couple of years alleging malpractice by the electoral council.

His hoarse voice, his ingenious grace and his sly improvisations all distill the essence of son.

Taylor would sing a few choruses in a dusky, hoarse voice, then let rip with his guitar.

Still, the more he speaks, the less hoarse he seems.

He can talk himself hoarse now and it will not help.

Actors grow hoarse shouting at each other above the uproar.

Chapin preached until he was hoarse about the need for civic involvement.

While he likes to be alone, she is so gregarious and talkative her voice is constantly hoarse.

Some patients may also become hoarse from inhaling the drug.

The hoarse undertone that wailed up from the floor increased in volume.

The ailments common among the refugees included diarrhea, bronchitis, sore throat and voices hoarse or lost.

And, for nearly a decade, he couldn't speak above a hoarse whisper.

Indeed, half the town seems to have gone hoarse this week calling out his name.

Bloomberg, still dazed and hoarse from late-night celebrations and.

The device can also cause patients' voices to become hoarse.

His hoarse voice gives his songs a texture that's both weathered and slyly.

Niittymaki's voice was hoarse when he spoke with reporters.

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World English Dictionary

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 Norse hās, Old Saxon hēs]

'hoarsely

—*adv*

'hoarseness

—n

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Word Origin & History

hoarse

O.E. has, from P.Gmc. *khaisa- (cf. O.S. hes, O.N. hass, Ger. heiser "hoarse"), probably originally meaning "dried out, rough." The -r- is difficult to explain; it is first attested c.1400, but it may indicate an unrecorded O.E. variant *hars.

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Medical Dictionary

hoarse (hôrs)
adj. hoars·er, hoars·est

Rough or grating in sound, as of a voice.
Having or characterized by a husky, grating voice.

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