hoarse

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hoarse

[hawrs, hohrs]

–adjective hoars⋅er, hoars⋅est.

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

2.	having a raucous voice.

3.	making a harsh, low sound.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME hors < ON *hārs (assumed var. of hāss); r. ME hoos, OE hās, c. OHG heis, OS hēs

Related forms:

hoarsely, adverb

hoarseness, noun

Synonyms:
1. harsh, grating; throaty, rough.

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hoarse (hôrs, hōrs)

adj. hoars·er, hoars·est

Rough or grating in sound: a hoarse cry.
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.

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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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Language Translation for : hoarse

Spanish: ronco,

German: heiser,

Japanese: しわがれた

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Main Entry: hoarse
Pronunciation: 'hO(&)rs, 'ho(&)rs
Function: adjective
Inflected Forms: hoars·er; hoars·est
1 : rough or harsh in sound hoarse voice>
2 : having a hoarse voice hoarse> —hoarse·ly adverb —hoarse·ness noun

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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