Definition of hoarse Hoarse

/hɔˈɹs/ - [hors] - hoarse

We found 6 definitions of hoarse from 5 different sources.

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What does hoarse mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Adjective
hoarse - 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
  gruff, husky
  cacophonic, cacophonous having an unpleasant sound; "as cacophonous as a henyard"- John McCarten
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Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • hoarse (Adjective)
    Afflicted by a dry, quite harsh voice.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • hoarse (superl.)
    Having a harsh, rough, grating voice or sound, as when affected with a cold; making a rough, harsh cry or sound; as, the hoarse raven.
  • hoarse (superl.)
    Harsh; grating; discordant; -- said of any sound.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • hoarse
    hōrs, adj. having a harsh, grating voice, as from a cold: harsh: discordant.—adv. Hoarse′ly.—n. Hoarse′ness. [A.S. hás; Ice. háss, this prob. for hárs, throwing light on the M. E. hôrs, hoors, Scot. hairsh, &c.]

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