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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

HOARSE, a. hors.
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.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion; "gruff voices"; "the dog's gruff barking"; "hoarse cries"; "makes all the instruments sound powerful but husky"- Virgil Thomson [syn: gruff, hoarse, husky]

Merriam Webster's

adjective (hoarser; hoarsest) Etymology: Middle English hos, hors, probably from Old Norse *h?rs, h?ss; akin to Old English h?s hoarse, Old High German heis Date: before 12th century 1. rough or harsh in sound ; grating <a hoarse voice> 2. having a hoarse voice <shouted himself hoarse> • hoarsely adverb • hoarseness noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 (of the voice) rough and deep; husky; croaking. 2 having such a voice. Derivatives: hoarsely adv. hoarsen v.tr. & intr. hoarseness n. Etymology: ME f. ON hars (unrecorded) f. Gmc

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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 with a cold; making a rough, harsh cry or sound; as, the hoarse raven. The hoarse resounding shore. --Dryden. 2. Harsh; grating; discordant; -- said of any sound.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(hoarser, hoarsest) If your voice is hoarse or if you are hoarse, your voice sounds rough and unclear, for example because your throat is sore. 'So what do you think?' she said in a hoarse whisper... ADJ • hoarsely 'Thank you,' Maria said hoarsely. ADV • hoarseness Hoarseness is very common in the winter season.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Husky, raucous. 2. Rough, grating, harsh, low, guttural.

Moby Thesaurus

blurred, brassy, brazen, breathy, choked, choking, coarse, cracked, croaking, croaky, drawling, drawly, dry, dysphonic, grating, gruff, guttural, harsh, harsh-sounding, hawking, husky, inarticulate, indistinct, jarring, lisping, metallic, mispronounced, muzzy, nasal, quavering, ragged, rasping, raucid, raucous, rough, roupy, rude, shaking, shaky, snuffling, squawking, squawky, stertorous, stifled, strangled, strident, stridulous, thick, throaty, tinny, tremulous, twangy, velar