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as in irritable
easily irritated or annoyed
overwork tends to make him raspy
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as in hoarse
harsh and dry in sound
the dying man spoke in a barely audible, raspy voice
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Recent Examples of raspy
Folk-rock Ike Reilly Assassination frontman Ike Reilly opened the show with a 15-minute acoustic set; just a guitar, a harmonica and his son, Shane, singing tight harmonies against Reilly’s raspy lead.
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Jared Kaufman,
Twin Cities,
30 Jan. 2026
The birds are also known for their thrilling, raspy scream that Hollywood directors often use in films to emulate any hawk, and even raptors, according to Cornell.
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Kendrick Calfee,
Kansas City Star,
4 Dec. 2025
So Erivo briefly spoke into the mic in a raspy voice.
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Dan Heching,
CNN Money,
18 Nov. 2025
The result of that self-teaching is a style of artistry unique to Jacoby, melding bits of rock, funk, and soul with a signature delicately raspy tone.
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Devin Robertson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Nov. 2025
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Jared Kaufman,
Twin Cities,
30 Jan. 2026
The birds are also known for their thrilling, raspy scream that Hollywood directors often use in films to emulate any hawk, and even raptors, according to Cornell.
—
Kendrick Calfee,
Kansas City Star,
4 Dec. 2025
So Erivo briefly spoke into the mic in a raspy voice.
—
Dan Heching,
CNN Money,
18 Nov. 2025
The result of that self-teaching is a style of artistry unique to Jacoby, melding bits of rock, funk, and soul with a signature delicately raspy tone.
—
Devin Robertson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for raspy
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The symptoms are so delayed that people often blame them on food poisoning, irritable-bowel syndrome, gluten intolerance.
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Cancer could be affectionate and chatty one moment, and withdrawn and irritable the next, with little to no explanation.
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The other was a tearing beauty, a creature so lovely that one look at her sent young men’s blood pressure skyward and set them to uttering wild, hoarse cries and tearing telephone directories apart with the bare hands.
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Others walked home sunburned, hoarse and still dressed in blue and orange.
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Our previous card featured the fiery destruction of the Missouri Pacific depot in 1909.
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And the hottest of the bunch, the green, is a fiery combination of both jalapeños and green habaneros.
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Abraham Lincoln furiously scribbled in Springfield on June 27, 1858, firing off a gruff note to the editor-in-chief of the Chicago Press & Tribune, then in business for only 11 years.
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But Rose bet that a less gruff voice, ultimately Mike Brown’s, was required to win it all.
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This husky-border collie mix is one of Pebbles' seven new pet siblings.
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Bob Cary, tall and husky outdoor editor of the Chicago Daily News, was there with his family, staying at the lake’s only resort, where Vera and I also were staying.
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“Raspy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/raspy. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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