hoarse

hoarse is a 6-letter English word with 3 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 8 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. superlative. 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. superlative. Harsh; grating; discordant; -- said of any sound.
3. adjective. deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion- Virgil Thomson

   "gruff voices"

   "the dog's gruff barking"

   Synonyms: gruff, husky

Synonyms

gruff, husky

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in hoarse:

ahorse, ashore, shorea

Common word forms

hoarser, hoarsely, hoarsest, hoarseness

Words from these letters

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