Definitions
Etymologies
- rasp + -y (Wiktionary)
Examples
“The coach's voice was raspy from the punishment of the previous 48 hours, and the joy of the moment caused the words to tumble out.”
“It is, by the way, very worth noting that LaMontane's voice has been described as raspy, gravelly and a huskier, sandpaper version of Van Morrison.”
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“It doesn't matter if it has that like kind of raspy thing because it works with his voice.”
“He said he didn't want that to happen because his voice was "raspy," that's the exact word.”
“And first, let me apologize for my kind of raspy voice.”
“His banter with newsmen Walter Cronkite and Roger Mudd and his unmistakable "raspy" voice made him famous throughout the country and the world.”
“Ms. Martinez gives Tarlotte the right kind of raspy, whiny child voice to match the whacked-out sociopath that Tarlotte clearly is.”
“Danny still has a great voice, think it is the kind of raspy quality that makes us like him.”
“Robin Hood, whose middle section in duple time allows Znaider to apply the kind of raspy, swashbuckling sounds appropriate to the extrovert personality of this lyrically popular kind of symphonic writing.”
“The leader then spoke in a raspy voice and declared that he was Admiral Nearchus, just arrived from India, and asked to be led to Alexander himself to tell his tale.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘raspy’.
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GRE Barrons Wordlist
A complete Barron's Wordlist for GRE preparation. Your online flashcard replacement.
abase, abash, abate, abbreviate, abdicate, aberrant, aberration, abet, abeyance, abhor, abject, abjure and 4087 more...
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Public List: Two by Fives
This is an experiment in public lists--something I've been thinking about for some time. The goal is to create a collection of short, powerful, evocative words.
This is an open list. A...icy, howl, hymn, thorn, fire, vile, mist, blunt, scum, dark, shot, gleam and 221 more...
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Words describing singing voices
mellifluous, gravelly, rusty bathtub, velvet fog, howling, laconic, fluttering, quavery, hypnotic, stilted, lilting, sonorous and 47 more...
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Descriptions of Sound
jingling, gurgling, horrisonous, horrisonant, crepitant, screeching, ringing, sonorous, clamorous, rattling, roaring, breathy and 71 more...
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DAN BROWN ANGELS AND DEMONS
looming, raspy, grimace, squint, groan, peril, zealot, cruciform, shroud, frown, emblazon, savor
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Words
teeter, headlong, reprobate, canard, ersatz, prevaricate, trenchant, minatory, fatuous, stultify, vitiate, fulminate and 135 more...
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Vocab++
Words as I learn them.
fetid, mezzanine, hiatus, austerity, subliminal, resplendent, implacable, impugn, debase, exiguous, cirque, holster and 2538 more...
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GRE 3500 Q
quadruped, quaff, quaint, quandary, quarry, quay, queasy, quell, querulous, quibble, quietude, quip and 89 more...
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Jacqueline's Words
glittery, horny, amazing, wanderlust, forlorn, lustily, nonchalant, cool, passive, submissive, roundabout, carousel and 558 more...
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ash
ash
abash, abate, abbreviate, abdicate, aberrant, aberration, abet, abeyance, abhor, abide, abject, abjure and 4874 more...
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set 16
from 76 to 80
innocuous, raspy, relevant, suffragist, dispel, glean, belabor, begrudge, zany, raucous, cadaverous, frolicsome and 74 more...
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Discordial
Annoying, loud, or awful sounds.
portamento, scroop, clangor, plangent, stentorian, hubbub, cacophony, burble, guggle, donder, sough, racket and 82 more...
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Body
curve, spine, arch, shoulder blade, bones, bruise, symmetrical, sallow, smooth, warmth, soft, scratch and 11 more...
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Tickle My Ears!
Words used to describe one's voice.
low, high-pitched, deep, booming, lilting, whispery, hoarse, raspy, throaty, angelic, male, female and 38 more...
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rayyy's words
eclipse, aurora, aria, volition, whimsical, violet, irascible, raspberry, chocolate, chiasmus, jejune, bamboozle and 11 more...
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Good Words
I like them.
elicit, placket, insinuate, magnficent, slash, caffeine, mug, cozy, autumn, synthesis, snifter, scapula and 11 more...
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