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Synonyms for hoarseness

Most common

gruffness huskiness dysphonia raucity

All synonyms

Noun

1. Huskiness

huskiness, gruffness

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    The quality of being hoarse, of having a dry harsh voice.

    The hoarseness of her voice was caused by years of smoking.

Forms

Plural
hoarsenesses → huskinesses, gruffnesses, harshnesses, roughnesses…

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
hoarsenessrising
gruffnessrising
huskinessrising
dysphoniarising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

7 letters
raucity
9 letters
roughness2, harshness2, dysphonia, gruffness, huskiness

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (roughness2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
enrouement
Italiano
raucedine