hoarseness
/hɔːsnəs/
hoarseness noun: the quality of being hoarse, of having a dry harsh voice.
Noun
hoarseness (usually uncountable, plural hoarsenesses)
hoarseness meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Kannada
hoarseness in Hindi
- hoarseness
- ख़राश xarāś
hoarseness in Tamil
- கீச்சுக்குரல், சிதறல்குரல், மென்மயற்ற குரல்
hoarseness in Urdu
- درشتی, کھردرا پن
hoarseness in Kannada
- ಇಳುದನಿ
More languagesFewer languages
- hoarseness in Arabic
- بُحَاح buḥāḥ
- hoarseness in Indonesian
- keserakan, keparauan
Synonyms of hoarseness
Forms of hoarseness
| plural | hoarsenesses |
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Origin of hoarseness
From Middle English hosnesse, from Old English hāsnes; equivalent to hoarse + -ness.
Questions about hoarseness
- What does hoarseness mean?
- Hoarseness means the quality of being hoarse, of having a dry harsh voice.
- What is hoarseness in Hindi?
- Hoarseness in Hindi is ख़राश (xarāś). See Hoarseness meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is hoarseness?
- Hoarseness is a noun.
- How do you pronounce hoarseness?
- Hoarseness is pronounced /hɔːsnəs/ (UK).
- What is the plural of hoarseness?
- The plural of hoarseness is hoarsenesses.
Words near hoarseness in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: hoarseness (page history and authors); ख़राश (Hindi) (page history and authors); hoarseness (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); hoarseness (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); hoarseness (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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