| a. | 1. | Having a harsh, rough, grating voice or sound, as when affected with a cold; making a rough, harsh cry or sound; |
| 2. | Harsh; grating; discordant; - said of any sound. |
| Adj. | 1. | hoarse - 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 |
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