Hoarseness

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The state or quality of being hoarse; harshness or roughness of voice or sound.
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  • noun. Harshness or roughness of voice or sound, due to mucus collected on the vocal cords, or to swelling or looseness of the cords.
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  • noun. The quality of being hoarse; of having a dry harsh voice.
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  • noun. a throaty harshness
    • Word Usage
    "“There are a range of other features such as hoarseness, roughness, breathiness of the voice, which have to do with the airflow over the vocal chords, and these all combine to make our voices distinctive.”"
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    harshness  roughness  
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    acerbity  brittleness  bronchitis  croup  distain  
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