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Definition of Hoarse
1. Adjective. Deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion. "Makes all the instruments sound powerful but husky"
Similar to: Cacophonic, Cacophonous
Derivative terms: Gruffness, Hoarseness, Huskiness
Definition of Hoarse
1. a. 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.
Definition of Hoarse
1. Adjective. Afflicted by a dry, quite harsh voice. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hoarse
1. low and rough in sound [adj HOARSER, HOARSEST] : HOARSELY [adv]
Medical Definition of Hoarse
1. Having a rough, harsh voice. Origin: A.S. Has (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hoarse
Literary usage of Hoarse
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Hunger by Knut Hamsun (1920)
"I gave a little hoarse cry; it was just as if I had received a blow. "What?"
said she, "I thought you said something. We have got a traveller, ..."
2. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1843)
"It adds that the next morning, in the senate, Antoninus requested their indulgence,
not because he had killed his brother, but because he was hoarse and ..."
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