Hoarse : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Hoarse	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Hoarse
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hoarse adj 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 Synonym(s): gruff, hoarse, husky
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hoarse \Hoarse\, a. [Compar. {Hoarser}, superl. {Hoarsest}.] [OE. hors, also hos, has, AS. h[be]s; akin to D. heesch, G. heiser, Icel. h[be]ss, Dan. h[91]s, Sw. hes. Cf. Prov. E. heazy.] 1. 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. The hoarse resounding shore. --Dryden. 2. Harsh; grating; discordant; -- said of any sound.