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hoarsen

hoarsen verb: to make or become hoarse.

Verb

hoarsen (third-person singular simple present hoarsens, present participle hoarsening, simple past and past participle hoarsened)

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To make or become hoarse.
    • A canny business strategist who tends to express himself tersely — even more so now that his voice has been hoarsened by several strokes — he has rarely consented to interviews.2009 March 19, Carol Kino, “A Trustee Who Defined an Era of Corporate Giving”, in New York Times

hoarsen meaning in Arabic

hoarsen in Arabic

To make or become hoarse
بَحَّ

Forms of hoarsen

third-person singular presenthoarsens
present participlehoarsening
past participlehoarsened
pasthoarsened

Origin of hoarsen

From hoarse + -en.

Words that rhyme with hoarsen

Questions about hoarsen

What does hoarsen mean?
Hoarsen means to make or become hoarse.
What is hoarsen in Arabic?
Hoarsen in Arabic is بَحَّ. See Hoarsen meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is hoarsen?
Hoarsen is a verb.
What is the past tense of hoarsen?
The past tense of hoarsen is hoarsened.

Words near hoarsen in the dictionary

  1. hoars
  2. hoarse
  3. hoarse as a crow
  4. hoarsed
  5. hoarsely
  6. hoarsen
  7. hoarsened
  8. hoarseness
  9. hoarsenesses
  10. hoarsening
  11. hoarsens

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