| Main Entry: | croak |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make husky, squawking noise |
Synonyms: |
caw, crow, gasp, grunt, quack, squawk, utter huskily, utter throatily, wheeze |
| Main Entry: | croaking |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hoarse |
Synonyms: |
croaky, gruff, guttural, husky, rasping, scratchy, throaty |
| Main Entry: | cry |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | call out, yell |
Synonyms: |
bark, bawl, bay, bellow, bleat, cackle, call, caw, chatter, cheer, clack, clamor, cluck, coo, croak, crow, ejaculate, exclaim, gabble, growl, grunt, hail, hiss, holler, holler out, hoot, howl, low, meow, moo, nicker, pipe, quack, roar, scream, screech, shout, shriek, sing out, snarl, squawk, trill, tweet, twitter, vociferate, whinny, whistle, whoop, yawp, yelp |
| Main Entry: | decease |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pass away; expire |
Synonyms: |
buy a one-way ticket, call off all bets, cease, check out*, cool off, croak, deep six, depart, die, drop, go, pass, pass away, pass on, pass over, perish, succumb |
| Notes: | decease is the event of dying or departure from life; disease is an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal and harmful functioning |
Antonyms: |
be born, bear |
| Main Entry: | die |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pass away; stop living |
Synonyms: |
be no more, be taken, breathe one's last, cease to exist, conk, croak, decease, demise, depart, drop, drop off, drown, expire, finish, give up the ghost, go way of all flesh, kick the bucket, perish, relinquish life, rest in peace, succumb, suffocate |
Antonyms: |
be born, begin, live |
| Main Entry: | expire |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come to an end |
Synonyms: |
bite the dust, buy it, cash in chips, cease, close, conclude, croak, decease, depart, die, elapse, end, finish, go, kick the bucket, lapse, pass, pass away, pass on, pass over, perish, quit, run out, stop, strike out, terminate, up and die |
Antonyms: |
bear, begin, commence, start |
| Main Entry: | gruff |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rasping in sound |
Synonyms: |
cracked, croaking, croaky, grating, guttural, harsh, hoarse, husky, low, rough, throaty |
Antonyms: |
pleasant, soft, sweet |
| Main Entry: | grumble |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | murmur, rumble |
Synonyms: |
bark, croak, gnarl, gnarr, growl, grunt, gurgle, mumble, mutter, roar, roll, snap, snarl, snuffle, splutter, whine |
| Main Entry: | harsh |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rough, crude (to the senses) |
Synonyms: |
acrid, asperous, astringent, bitter, bleak, cacophonous, caterwauling, clashing, coarse, cracked, craggy, creaking, croaking, disagreeing, discordant, dissonant, disturbing, earsplitting, flat, glaring, grating, grim, guttural, hard, hoarse, incompatible, jagged, jangling, jarring, noisy, not smooth, off-key, out-of-key, out-of-tune, rasping, raucous, rigid, rugged, rusty, screeching, severe, sharp, sour, strident, stridulous, tuneless, uneven, unlevel, unmelodious, unmusical, unrelenting |
Antonyms: |
easy, gentle, mild, peaceful, pleasing, smooth, soft |
| Main Entry: | hoarse |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | raspy in voice |
Synonyms: |
blatant, breathy, cracked, croaking, croaky, croupy, discordant, dry, grating, gravelly, growling, gruff, guttural, harsh, husky, indistinct, jarring, piercing, ragged, raucous, rough, scratching, squawking, stertorous, strident, stridulous, thick, throaty, uneven, whispering |
Antonyms: |
smooth, soft, soothing |