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RASPY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does raspy mean?
• RASPY (adjective)
The adjective RASPY has 1 sense:
1. unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound
Familiarity information: RASPY used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Declension: comparative and superlative |
Superlative: raspiest
Sense 1
Meaning:
Unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound
Synonyms:
grating; gravelly; rasping; raspy; rough; scratchy
Context example:
a gravelly voice
Similar:
cacophonic; cacophonous (having an unpleasant sound)
Derivation:
rasp (uttering in an irritated tone)
Context examples
A disorder characterized by harsh and raspy voice arising from or spreading to the larynx.
(Hoarseness, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)
Harsh and raspy voice secondary to laryngeal infection, voice overuse, irritants inhalation, vocal cord paralysis, vocal cord polyps, and malignant neoplasms arising from or spreading to the larynx.
(Hoarseness, NCI Thesaurus)
His very boots were benevolent, and his collars never stiff and raspy like other people's.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
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