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hoarsened

hoarsened is the simple past and past participle of hoarsen.

Meaning of hoarsen

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

Questions about hoarsened

What is hoarsened the simple past and past participle of?
Hoarsened is the simple past and past participle of hoarsen.

Words near hoarsened in the dictionary

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

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