Make+a+harsh+sound
121hawk — hȯk vt to raise by trying to clear the throat <hawk up phlegm> vi to make a harsh coughing sound in clearing the throat hawk n an audible effort to force up phlegm from the throat …
122Physical Pain — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Physical Pain >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 pain pain Sgm: N 1 suffering suffering suffrance Sgm: N 1 bodily pain bodily pain physical pain bodily suffering physical suffering body pain Sgm: N 1 mental suffering …
123strident — [17] Strident was adopted from the present participle of Latin strīdēre ‘make a harsh noise, creak’. This also produced English stridulate [19], which denotes the sound made by grasshoppers. => STRIDULATE …
124jar — {{11}}jar (n.) cylindrical vessel, early 15c., possibly from M.Fr. jarre liquid measure (smaller than a barrel), 12c., from Prov. jarra, from Arabic jarrah earthen water vessel (whence also Sp. jarra, It. giarra) [Klein]. {{12}}jar (v.) 1520s, to …
125bray — ► NOUN ▪ the loud, harsh cry of a donkey. ► VERB ▪ make such a sound. ORIGIN from Old French braire to cry …
126strident — [17] Strident was adopted from the present participle of Latin strīdēre ‘make a harsh noise, creak’. This also produced English stridulate [19], which denotes the sound made by grasshoppers. Cf.⇒ STRIDULATE …
127grim — [grim] adj. grimmer, grimmest [ME < OE grimm, akin to Ger < IE base * ghrem , to make a loud sound, roar angrily > GRUMBLE, Russ grom, thunder] 1. fierce; cruel; savage 2. hard and unyielding; relentless; stern; resolute [grim courage] 3 …
128scratch — [skrach] vt. [LME scracchen, prob. altered < scratten, to scratch, based on cracchen < or akin to MDu cratsen, to scratch < IE base * gred > Alb gërüj, (I) scratch] 1. to mark, break, or cut the surface of slightly with something… …
