Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Rough; grating.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Grating; harsh; rough.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Like a rasp, or the sound made by a rasp; grating.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective of sound
Rough ,raw , especially used to describevocal quality. - adjective
Irritable .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound
Etymologies
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Examples
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The coach's voice was raspy from the punishment of the previous 48 hours, and the joy of the moment caused the words to tumble out.
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It is, by the way, very worth noting that LaMontane's voice has been described as raspy, gravelly and a huskier, sandpaper version of Van Morrison.
Ellen Sterling: Ray LaMontagne: Digging Deep And Doing What He Does 2010
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It is, by the way, very worth noting that LaMontane's voice has been described as raspy, gravelly and a huskier, sandpaper version of Van Morrison.
Ellen Sterling: Ray LaMontagne: Digging Deep And Doing What He Does 2010
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It doesn't matter if it has that like kind of raspy thing because it works with his voice.
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It doesn't matter if it has that like kind of raspy thing because it works with his voice.
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It doesn't matter if it has that like kind of raspy thing because it works with his voice.
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He said he didn't want that to happen because his voice was "raspy," that's the exact word.
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And first, let me apologize for my kind of raspy voice.
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His banter with newsmen Walter Cronkite and Roger Mudd and his unmistakable "raspy" voice made him famous throughout the country and the world.
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His banter with newsmen Walter Cronkite and Roger Mudd and his unmistakable "raspy" voice made him famous throughout the country and the world.
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