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hoarse·ness

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. gruffness, hoarseness, huskinessnoun

    a throaty harshness

Wiktionary

  1. hoarsenessnoun

    The quality of being hoarse; of having a dry harsh voice.

    The hoarseness of her voice was caused by years of smoking.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Hoarsenessnoun

    Roughness of voice.

    Etymology: from hoarse.

    The voice is sometimes intercluded by an hoarseness, or viscuous phlegm. William Holder.

    She sings them back in my despight!
    I had a voice in heav’n, ere sulph’rous steams
    Had damp’d it to a hoarseness. John Dryden, King Arthur.

    The want of it in the wind-pipe occasions hoarseness in the gullet, and difficulty of swallowing. John Arbuthnot, on Aliments.

ChatGPT

  1. hoarseness

    Hoarseness refers to an abnormal change in your voice due to various conditions. This condition often makes the voice sound breathy, raspy, strained, or shows changes in volume (loudness) or pitch (how high or low the voice is). It is typically caused by issues in the throat or voice box (larynx), such as inflammation, infection, or certain diseases.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Hoarsenessnoun

    harshness or roughness of voice or sound, due to mucus collected on the vocal cords, or to swelling or looseness of the cords

U.S. National Library of Medicine

  1. Hoarseness

    An unnaturally deep or rough quality of voice.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of hoarseness in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of hoarseness in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

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