| 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 |
| Main Entry: | faint |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | having little effect on senses |
Synonyms: |
aside, bated, bland, bleached, blurred, breathless, deadened, deep, delicate, dim, distant, dull, dusty, faded, faltering, far-off, feeble, gentle, hazy, hoarse, hushed, ill-defined, imperceptible, inaudible, indistinct, lenient, light, low, low-pitched, mild, moderate, muffled, murmuring, muted, muttering, obscure, out of earshot, padded, pale, piano, quiet, remote, shadowy, slight, smooth, soft, softened, soothing, stifled, subdued, tenuous, thin, unclear, vague, wan, weak, whispered |
| Notes: | faint (verb) means to pass out from weakness or to lose consciousness - faint (adjective) means barely perceptible or lacking clarity or distinctness; feint (noun) means any distracting or deceptive maneuver - feint (verb) means to deceive by a mock action |
Antonyms: |
clear, distinct, heavy, loud, strong |
| Main Entry: | grating |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | irritating; scraping |
Synonyms: |
annoying, disagreeable, discordant, displeasing, dissonant, dry, grinding, harsh, harsh-sounding, hoarse, irksome, jarring, offensive, rasping, raucous, rough, shrill, squeaky, strident, stridulent, stridulous, unpleasant, vexatious |
Antonyms: |
pleasing, soothing |
| 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: | guttural |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | deep in sound |
Synonyms: |
glottal, grating, gravelly, growling, gruff, harsh, hoarse, husky, inarticulate, low, rasping, rough, sepulchral, thick, throaty |
Antonyms: |
dulcet |
| 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: | husky |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | deep, scratchy in sound |
Synonyms: |
croaking, croaky, growling, gruff, guttural, harsh, hoarse, loud, rasping, raucous, rough, throaty |
Antonyms: |
low, quiet, soft |
| Main Entry: | raspy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rough |
Synonyms: |
cracked, croaky, dry, grating, gravelly, gruff, harsh, hoarse, husky, scratchy, thick, throaty |
| Main Entry: | raucous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | noisy, rough |
Synonyms: |
absonant, acute, atonal, blaring, blatant, braying, brusque, cacophonous, discordant, dissonant, dry, ear-piercing, grating, grinding, gruff, harsh, hoarse, husky, inharmonious, jarring, loud, piercing, rasping, sharp, squawking, stertorous, strident, thick, unharmonious, unmusical |
Antonyms: |
calm, quiet, soft, subdued |
| Main Entry: | rough |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stormy; not quiet |
Synonyms: |
agitated, blustering, blustery, boisterous, buffeting, cacophonous, choppy, coarse, discordant, dry, furious, grating, gruff, harsh, hoarse, husky, inclement, inharmonious, jarring, raging, rasping, raucous, rugged, squally, stridulent, tempestuous, tumultous/tumultuous, turbulent, unmusical, wild |
Antonyms: |
calm, mild, moderate, temperate |
