- hoarseness
- A noisy quality of the voice.
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hoarse·ness (horsґnis) a rough or noisy quality of voice. Called also trachyphonia.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
hoarseness
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Hoarseness — Hoarse ness, n. Harshness or roughness of voice or sound, due to mucus collected on the vocal cords, or to swelling or looseness of the cords. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
hoarseness — noun The quality of being hoarse; of having a dry harsh voice. The hoarseness of her voice was caused by years of smoking … Wiktionary
hoarseness — hoarse ► ADJECTIVE ▪ (of a voice) rough and harsh. DERIVATIVES hoarsely adverb hoarsen verb hoarseness noun. ORIGIN Old English … English terms dictionary
hoarseness — noun see hoarse … New Collegiate Dictionary
hoarseness — See hoarsely. * * * … Universalium
hoarseness — hoarse·ness || hÉ”rsnɪs / hÉ”Ës n. roughness, huskiness, harshness (of a voice or other sounds) … English contemporary dictionary
hoarseness — n. 1. Huskiness, raucity. 2. Roughness, harshness, grating character … New dictionary of synonyms
hoarseness — hoarse·ness … English syllables
hoarseness — See: hoarse … English dictionary
hoarseness — noun a throaty harshness • Syn: ↑gruffness, ↑huskiness • Derivationally related forms: ↑husky (for: ↑huskiness), ↑hoarse, ↑gruff ( … Useful english dictionary
