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Webster 1913 Edition
Hoarse
Hoarse
,Adj.
[
Com
par.
Hoarser
, sup
erl.
Hoarsest
.] [OE.
hors
, also hos
, has
, AS. hās
; akin to D. heesch
, G. heiser
, Icel. hāss
, Dan. hæs
, Sw. hes
. Cf. Prov. E. heazy
.] 1.
Having a harsh, rough, grating voice or sound, as when affected with a cold; making a rough, harsh cry or sound;
as, the
. hoarse
ravenThe
hoarse
resounding shore. Dryden.
2.
Harsh; grating; discordant; – said of any sound.
Webster 1828 Edition
Hoarse
HOARSE
,Adj.
1.
Having a harsh, rough, grating voice, as when affected with a cold.2.
Rough; grating; discordant; as the voice, or as any sound. We say, the hoarse raven; the hoarse resounding shore.Definition 2025
hoarse
hoarse
English
Adjective
hoarse (comparative hoarser, superlative hoarsest)
- Afflicted by a dry, quite harsh voice.
- 1945 May, George Orwell, chapter 1, in Animal Farm: A Fairy Story, London: Secker & Warburg, OCLC 3655473:
- I am old and my voice is hoarse […]
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Derived terms
Translations
afflicted by a dry, quite harsh voice
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