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Adjectives
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gruff
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hoarse
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husky
deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion
“gruff voices”
,
“the dog's gruff barking”
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“hoarse cries”
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“makes all the instruments sound powerful but husky” (Virgil Thomson)
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