hoarse´ly — hoarse «hrs, hohrs», adjective, hoars|er, hoars|est. 1. sounding rough and deep: »the hoarse croak of the bullfrog. SYNONYM(S): raucous. 2. having a rough voice: »A bad cold has made me hoarse. Warwick is hoarse with calling thee to arms ( … Useful english dictionary
hoarse — [ho:s US ho:rs] adj [: Old English; Origin: has] if you are hoarse, or if your voice is hoarse, you speak in a low rough voice, for example because your throat is sore ▪ He was hoarse from laughing. hoarse voice/whisper/groan etc >hoarsely adv … Dictionary of contemporary English
hoarse — [ hɔrs ] adjective someone who is hoarse or has a hoarse voice speaks in a low rough voice, usually because their throat is sore ╾ hoarse|ly adverb ╾ hoarse|ness noun uncount … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Hoarse — Hoarse, a. [Compar. {Hoarser}, superl. {Hoarsest}.] [OE. hors, also hos, has, AS. h[=a]s; akin to D. heesch, G. heiser, Icel. h[=a]ss, Dan. h[ae]s, Sw. hes. Cf. Prov. E. heazy.] 1. Having a harsh, rough, grating voice or sound, as when affected… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
hoarse — late 14c., hors, earlier hos, from O.E. has hoarse, from P.Gmc. *haisa (Cf. O.S. hes, O.N. hass, Du. hees, O.H.G. heisi, Ger. heiser hoarse ), perhaps originally meaning dried out, rough. The r is difficult to explain; it is first attested c.1400 … Etymology dictionary
hoarse — hoarse; hoarse·ly; hoarse·ness; … English syllables
hoarse — raucous, strident, *loud, stentorian, earsplitting, stertorous Analogous words: harsh, *rough: gruff, crusty (see BLUFF) … New Dictionary of Synonyms
hoarse — [adj] raspy in voice blatant, breathy, cracked, croaking, croaky, croupy, discordant, dry, grating, gravelly, growling, gruff, guttural, harsh, husky, indistinct, jarring, piercing, ragged, raucous, rough, scratching, squawking, stertorous,… … New thesaurus
hoarse — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ (of a voice) rough and harsh. DERIVATIVES hoarsely adverb hoarsen verb hoarseness noun. ORIGIN Old English … English terms dictionary
hoarse — [hôrs] adj. hoarser, hoarsest [ME hors, hase < OE has, akin to ON hāss, OS hēs, OHG heisi < IE base * kai , heat > HOT, HEAT] 1. harsh and grating in sound; sounding rough and husky 2. having a rough, husky voice hoarsely adv. hoarseness … English World dictionary
