hoarsenv.
/ˈhɔːs(ə)n/ 1. transitive. To make hoarse.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > quality of voice > impart specific tone or quality [verb (transitive)] > render hoarse
exasperate1597
crack1602
hoarsen1748
asperate1858
hoarse1877
1748 S. Richardson Clarissa V. i. 11 I shall be obliged to hoarsen my voice, and roughen my character.
1881 F. T. Palgrave Tower of Doom in Visions of Eng. ii Hoarsening the cry Of those who watch'd.
1886 S. Baring-Gould Golden Feather i The sore throat..hoarsened her voice.
2. intransitive. To become hoarse; to sound hoarsely.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > quality of voice > [verb (intransitive)] > utter in hoarse voice > be or become hoarse
hoarsec1000
hoarsen1798
1798 W. S. Landor Gebir vii. 148 The brazen clarion hoarsens.
1894 H. Caine Manxman 435 His voice had hoarsened.
Derivatives
ˈhoarsened adj.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > quality of voice > [adjective] > hoarse or husky
hoarsec1000
stoppedc1485
hoarsy1570
croaking1608
throaty1647
furred1666
rouped1677
gruffa1712
cracked1739
roupy1756
hoarsened1798
gruffish1812
gin and fog1842
grasshoppery1849
croaky1851
feathery1881
tonsilly1894
wine-tasting1936
gravelly1944
gravelled1958
1798 W. S. Landor Gebir i. 135 To tune afresh the hoarsened reed.
1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda III. v. xl. 182 The last words had a perceptible irony in their hoarsened tone.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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