hoarse

Plural: hoarses

Adjective Satellite

deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion; ; ; ; - Virgil Thomson
- "hoarse cries"

Adj

Having a dry, harsh tone to the voice, as a result of a sore throat, age, emotion, etc.

Verb

To utter hoarsely; to croak.

Noun

Obsolete spelling of horse.

Adjective

(Of a voice) rough and low in pitch.

Examples

His voice became hoarse from shouting at the Words With Friends app after a losing streak.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English hors, hos, from Old English hās, *hārs, from Proto-Germanic *haisaz, *haisraz, akin to Old Norse háss (West Norse) and heiss (East Norse) (whence Icelandic hás, Norwegian Nynorsk hås, Norwegian Bokmål hes and Swedish hes).

Synonyms

gruff, husky

Scrabble Score: 9

hoarse: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
hoarse: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
hoarse: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 8

hoarse: valid Words With Friends Word