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Croaking
| Main Entry: |
croaking
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hoarse |
| Synonyms: | croaky, gruff, guttural, husky, rasping, scratchy, throaty |
| Main Entry: | gruff |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rasping in sound |
| Synonyms: | cracked, croaking, croaky, grating, guttural, harsh, hoarse, husky, low, rough, throaty |
| Antonyms: | pleasant, soft, sweet |
| Main Entry: | harsh |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rough, crude (to the senses) |
| Synonyms: | acrid, asperous, astringent, bitter, bleak, cacophonous, caterwauling, clashing, coarse, cracked, craggy, creaking, croaking, disagreeing, discordant, dissonant, disturbing, earsplitting, flat, glaring, grating, grim, guttural, hard, hoarse, incompatible, jagged, jangling, jarring, noisy, not smooth, off-key, out-of-key, out-of-tune, rasping, raucous, rigid, rugged, rusty, screeching, severe, sharp, sour, strident, stridulous, tuneless, uneven, unlevel, unmelodious, unmusical, unrelenting |
| Antonyms: | easy, gentle, mild, peaceful, pleasing, smooth, soft |
| Main Entry: | hoarse |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | raspy in voice |
| Synonyms: | blatant, breathy, cracked, croaking, croaky, croupy, discordant, dry, grating, gravelly, growling, gruff, guttural, harsh, husky, indistinct, jarring, piercing, ragged, raucous, rough, scratching, squawking, stertorous, strident, stridulous, thick, throaty, uneven, whispering |
| Antonyms: | smooth, soft, soothing |
| Main Entry: | husky |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | deep, scratchy in sound |
| Synonyms: | croaking, croaky, growling, gruff, guttural, harsh, hoarse, loud, rasping, raucous, rough, throaty |
| Antonyms: | low, quiet, soft |
| Main Entry: | croaky |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hoarse |
| Synonyms: | croaking, gruff, guttural, husky, raspy, scratchy, throaty |
| Main Entry: | scratchy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | harsh |
| Synonyms: | acrid, asperous, astringent, bitter, bleak, cacophonous, caterwauling, clashing, coarse, cracked, craggy, creaking, croaking, disagreeing, discordant, dissonant, disturbing, dry, earsplitting, flat*, glaring, grating, grim, guttural, hard, hoarse, incompatible, jagged, jangling, jarring, noisy, not smooth, off-key, out-of-key, out-of-tune, rasping, raspy, raucous, rigid, rough, rugged, rusty, screeching, severe, sharp, sour*, squawky, strident, stridulous, tuneless, uneven, unlevel, unmelodious, unmusical, unrelenting |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | squawky |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | harsh |
| Synonyms: | acrid, asperous, astringent, bitter, bleak, cacophonous, caterwauling, clashing, coarse, cracked, craggy, creaking, croaking, disagreeing, discordant, dissonant, disturbing, dry, earsplitting, flat*, glaring, grating, grim, guttural, hard, hoarse, incompatible, jagged, jangling, jarring, noisy, not smooth, off-key, out-of-key, out-of-tune, rasping, raspy, raucous, rigid, rough, rugged, rusty, scratchy, screeching, severe, sharp, sour*, strident, stridulous, tuneless, uneven, unlevel, unmelodious, unmusical, unrelenting |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cry |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | call out, yell |
| Synonyms: | bark, bawl, bay, bellow, bleat, cackle, call, caw, chatter, cheer, clack, clamor, cluck, coo, croak, crow, ejaculate, exclaim, gabble, growl, grunt, hail, hiss, holler, holler out, hoot, howl, low, meow, moo, nicker, pipe, quack, roar, scream, screech, shout, shriek, sing out, snarl, squawk, trill, tweet, twitter, vociferate, whinny, whistle, whoop, yawp, yelp |
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