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# hoarse

«hoarse» in Mova's school dictionary: **A hoarse voice sounds rough, deep and croaky, often…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (hoarse, hoarser, hoarsest)

### meaning for a pupil

A hoarse voice sounds rough, deep and croaky, often because you have a sore throat, a cold, or have been shouting a lot. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hoarse/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life, people become hoarse after cheering at a match, singing a lot or having a cold; resting the voice and drinking warm drinks helps. In stories, a hoarse whisper shows a character is ill, tired or scared. Phrases: shout yourself hoarse, a hoarse voice, a hoarse whisper, go hoarse.

### examples

- I shouted myself hoarse at the football match. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hoarse/#x1)
- Her voice was hoarse because she had a cold. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hoarse/#x2)
- The teacher was hoarse by the end of the day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hoarse/#x3)
- «Help,» he said in a hoarse whisper. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hoarse/#x4)
- After singing in the concert, the choir was hoarse. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hoarse/#x5)
- Drink warm water and rest if your voice is hoarse. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hoarse/#x6)
- Don’t you hear how hoarse I am? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hoarse/#x7)

### note

Homophone: «horse» (the animal) sounds the same — a hoarse horse has a croaky voice! Noun: hoarseness. Spelling: h-o-a-r-s-e.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «hoarse» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hoarse/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.