hoarseness

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: hoarse=ness

CIDE DICTIONARY

hoarseness, n. 

 Harshness or roughness of voice or sound, due to mucus collected on the vocal cords, or to swelling or looseness of the cords.  [1913 Webster]

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hoarseness

Faintness

N faintness, faint sound, whisper, breath, undertone, underbreath, murmur, hum, susurration, tinkle, still small voice, hoarseness, raucity, inaudible, scarcely audible, just audible, low, dull, stifled, muffled, hoarse, husky, gentle, soft, faint, floating, purling, flowing, whispered, liquid, soothing, dulcet, susurrant, susurrous, in a whisper, with bated breath, sotto voce, between the teeth, aside, piano, pianissimo, d la sourdine, out of earshot inaudibly, (ii) SPECIFIC SOUNDS.