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hɔrs, hoʊrshoarse

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. gruff, hoarse, huskyadjective

    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

Wiktionary

  1. hoarseadjective

    Afflicted by a dry, quite harsh voice.

  2. Etymology: From hors or hos, from Old Norse hás (whence the Icelandic hás), akin to Old English has.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. HOARSEadjective

    Having the voice rough, as with a cold; having a rough sound.

    Etymology: has, Saxon; heersch, Dutch.

    Come, sit, sit, and a song.
    ———— Clap into’t roundly, without hawking or spitting, or saying we are hoarse. William Shakespeare, As you like it.

    The raven himself is hoarse,
    That crokes the fatal entrance of Duncan
    Under my battlements. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

    He sped his steps along the hoarse resounding shore. Dry.

    The stock-dove only through the forest cooes,
    Mournfully hoarse. James Thomson, Summer.

Wikipedia

  1. hoarse

    A hoarse voice, also known as dysphonia or hoarseness, is when the voice involuntarily sounds breathy, raspy, or strained, or is softer in volume or lower in pitch. A hoarse voice, can be associated with a feeling of unease or scratchiness in the throat. Hoarseness is often a symptom of problems in the vocal folds of the larynx. It may be caused by laryngitis, which in turn may be caused by an upper respiratory infection, a cold, or allergies. Cheering at sporting events, speaking loudly in noisy situations, talking for too long without resting one's voice, singing loudly, or speaking with a voice that's too high or too low can also cause temporary hoarseness. A number of other causes for losing one's voice exist, and treatment is generally by resting the voice and treating the underlying cause. If the cause is misuse or overuse of the voice, drinking plenty of water may alleviate the problems.It appears to occur more commonly in females and the elderly. Furthermore, certain occupational groups, such as teachers and singers, are at an increased risk.Long-term hoarseness, or hoarseness that persists over three weeks, especially when not associated with a cold or flu should be assessed by a medical doctor. It is also recommended to see a doctor if hoarseness is associated with coughing up blood, difficulties swallowing, a lump in the neck, pain when speaking or swallowing, difficulty breathing, or complete loss of voice for more than a few days. For voice to be classified as "dysphonic", abnormalities must be present in one or more vocal parameters: pitch, loudness, quality, or variability. Perceptually, dysphonia can be characterised by hoarse, breathy, harsh, or rough vocal qualities, but some kind of phonation remains.Dysphonia can be categorized into two broad main types: organic and functional, and classification is based on the underlying pathology. While the causes of dysphonia can be divided into five basic categories, all of them result in an interruption of the ability of the vocal folds to vibrate normally during exhalation, which affects the voice. The assessment and diagnosis of dysphonia is done by a multidisciplinary team, and involves the use of a variety of subjective and objective measures, which look at both the quality of the voice as well as the physical state of the larynx. Multiple treatments have been developed to address organic and functional causes of dysphonia. Dysphonia can be targeted through direct therapy, indirect therapy, medical treatments, and surgery. Functional dysphonias may be treated through direct and indirect voice therapies, whereas surgeries are recommended for chronic, organic dysphonias.

ChatGPT

  1. hoarse

    Hoarse is a term used to describe a person's voice when it is rough or harsh sounding, typically due to strain or illness affecting the throat. It may also sound raspy, breathy, or strained.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Hoarse

    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

  2. Hoarse

    harsh; grating; discordant; -- said of any sound

  3. Etymology: [OE. hors, also hos, has, AS. hs; akin to D. heesch, G. heiser, Icel. hss, Dan. hs, Sw. hes. Cf. Prov. E. heazy.]

Wikidata

  1. Hoarse

    Hoarse is a live album by the band 16 Horsepower. It was released in Europe in 2000 in digipak with Glitterhouse Records. In March 2001 it was released regularly in jewel case with Glitterhouse. An American version was released in 2001 on Checkered Past records. Another American version was finally re-released on Alternative Tentacles in 2006. The song is a live album with most of the songs featured recorded at their show on May 5, 1998, at the Bluebird Theatre in Denver, except for "Horse Head" and "Fire Spirit" which features Bertrand Cantat. On the first edition of the European release, Hoarse had an incorrect track listing. Only ten tracks were listed, whereas there had been eleven; the song "Black Lung" wasn't shown. The track order was also erroneous and the cover of Creedence Clearwater Revival's "Bad Moon Risin'" was incorrectly credited to 16 Horsepower. With the next European release in 2001, the errors were corrected.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Hoarse

    hōrs, adj. having a harsh, grating voice, as from a cold: harsh: discordant.—adv. Hoarse′ly.—n. Hoarse′ness. [A.S. hás; Ice. háss, this prob. for hárs, throwing light on the M. E. hôrs, hoors, Scot. hairsh, &c.]

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  1. ahorse

  2. ashore

  3. shorea

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of hoarse in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of hoarse in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of hoarse in a Sentence

  1. Meng Hu:

    I've been talking nonstop, my throat gets really hoarse. [ In this job, ] you need to talk a lot, because your mood is contagious. You can't just do things halfway. Only when you talk enthusiastically can you get your audience excited.

  2. Dante Alighieri:

    There sighs, lamentations and loud wailings resounded through the starless air, so that at first it made me weep; strange tongues, horrible language, words of pain, tones of anger, voices loud and hoarse, and with these the sound of hands, made a tumult which is whirling through that air forever dark, and sand eddies in a whirlwind.

  3. Jacob Mafume:

    The arrest of labor leaders and opposition members is a familiar script in Africa. We have called for dialogue until our voices have gone hoarse but have been ignored.

  4. Alexander Mullings:

    My voice is hoarse. I was screaming, ‘Ahhhhhh!'.

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