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throatier

throatier is the comparative form of throaty.

Meaning of throaty

Adjective

throaty (comparative throatier, superlative throatiest)

  1. Produced in the throat; having a rough or coarse quality like a sound produced in the throat.
    • A throaty cough.
  2. Having a dewlap or excess skin hanging under the neck. (of livestock or dogs)
    • Qualities exceptionable in a Herefordshire ox, for grazing. […] The neck short, thick, coarse; loaded with leather and dewlap; “throaty.”1789, Mr. Marshall, The Rural Economy of Glocestershire, London: G. Nicol, page 248

Questions about throatier

What is throatier the comparative form of?
Throatier is the comparative form of throaty.

Words near throatier in the dictionary

  1. throater
  2. throaters
  3. throates
  4. throatful
  5. throatfuls
  6. throatier
  7. throatiest
  8. throatily
  9. throatiness
  10. throating
  11. throatings

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Adapted from Wiktionary: throatier (page history and authors); throaty (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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