Huskiness

  • 41ugliness — Synonyms and related words: bearishness, bitchiness, cacophony, cantankerousness, churlishness, coarseness, crabbedness, cracked voice, crankiness, crossness, crustiness, cussedness, disagreeability, disagreeableness, discord, displeasingness,… …

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  • 42voluntary muscle — Synonyms and related words: adductor, beef, beefiness, biceps, brawn, brawniness, buccinator, elasticity, gemellus, gluteus maximus, heftiness, huskiness, infraspinatus, intercostal, involuntary muscle, latissimus dorsi, levator, masseter,… …

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  • 43brawn — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. strength, muscle. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. muscle, sinew, strength, power; see muscle , strength 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. muscles, strength, huskiness, *beefiness, robustness, power, might …

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  • 44muscle — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. thew, tendon, sinew; musculature, build, physique, huskiness, beef, weight, burliness; strength, brawn, power; armed might, arms, firepower. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. fiber, flesh, protoplasm, meat,… …

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  • 45rasp — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. scrape, file, grate; chafe, nag, worry, abrade. See friction. n. file, scraper, rasper, abrasive; hoarseness, huskiness. See roughness. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. grate, irritate, scratch; see rub 1 .… …

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  • 46burr — rough sound of the letter r (especially that common in Northumberland), 1760, later extended to northern accented speech in general. Possibly the sound of the word is imitative of the speech peculiarity itself, or it was adapted from one of the… …

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  • 47husky — {{11}}husky (adj.) hoarse, c.1722 in reference to a cattle disease (of persons, 1740), from HUSK (Cf. husk) on the notion of dry as a husk. Earlier (1550s) having husks. Sense of tough and strong (like corn husks) is first found 1869 Amer.Eng.… …

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  • 48burliness — n. huskiness, bulkiness, muscularity …

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  • 49croakiness — n. huskiness, raspiness, quality of being harsh and hoarse …

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  • 50frog in the throat — hoarseness, huskiness (of a voice or other sounds) …

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