hoarse

hoarse
adj.
VERBS
be, sound
become, get, go
make sb/sth, scream yourself, shout yourself

All the shouting had left her rather hoarse.

Excitement made her voice hoarse.

He shouted himself hoarse, but still no one came.

ADVERB
extremely, fairly, very, etc.
a little, slightly, etc.
PREPOSITION
from

Her voice was hoarse from shouting.

with

His voice was hoarse with anxiety.

Hoarse is used with these nouns: ↑cry, ↑sob, ↑voice, ↑whisper

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  • 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 — Album par 16 Horsepower Sortie 19 mars 2001 Genre Rock alternatif Folk alternatif Albums de 16 Horsepower …   Wikipédia en Français

  • 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

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