Brusque and surly and forbidding.
Deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion.
Синонимы
Examples for "hoarse "
Examples for "hoarse "
1 At last he gasped forth in the hoarse whisper of mortal terror:
2 His voice is husky and hoarse , almost impossible for them to understand.
3 His hoarse voice broke the hush; he said to the young man:
4 The great stands were hoarse with shouting; for here ended the game.
5 In the air far above he heard the hoarse cries of sea-gulls.
1 Yet even taking that into account, her voice today sounds pretty husky .
2 I'm sure they'd be glad to have you, the husky voice said.
3 The lambs said most; and the sheep agreed with a husky croak.
4 Señora Barenna was chattering in her deep husky tones immediately behind them.
5 His voice is husky and hoarse, almost impossible for them to understand.
1 The tones were gruff , and almost Indian-like in the brevity of expression.
2 Nevertheless, in spite of himself, he went on in a gruff voice:
3 His gruff voice was the one I'd heard talking with Luke earlier.
4 His voice was gruff , his manner professional, and the news was bad.
5 When he was within talking distance he said in a gruff voice:
6 He was gruff , but his loyalty to Beauvoir was clear and unequivocal.
7 It was Leverage who brought it up, in his characteristically gruff way.
8 My wife did, but received only a gruff response from the general.
9 She thought the voice had been gruff , but that didn't mean anything.
10 A gruff order from the General's shattered the spell that bound them.
11 He had the loud gruff voice which implies the right to command.
12 He looked at the floor guiltily and spoke in a gruff voice.
13 When he bade goodnight to Parkins, he murmured in a gruff undertone:
14 Alwa returned his salute, and raised his voice in a gruff command.
15 It would be very amusing, said Andrews in a gruff , breathless voice.
16 But evidently this was not the morning for Tighe to be gruff .
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