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   Hoarse

   /hôrs/

   

   adjective

   • 1. (of a person's voice) sounding rough and harsh, typically as the result of a sore throat or of shouting: "a hoarse whisper"

   Word Origin Old Englishhās, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hees. The spelling with r was influenced in Middle English by an Old Norse cognate.

   Derivatives

   • 1. hoarsely adverb
   • 2. hoarseness noun

   Scrabble Points: 9

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