"hoarse" meaning in English

See hoarse in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /hɔrs/ [US], /hɔːs/ [UK] Audio: en-us-hoarse.ogg [US] Forms: hoarse [positive], hoarser [comparative], hoarsest [superlative]
enPR: hōrs [US] Head templates: {{adj|hoarse|hoarser|hoarsest}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If your voice is hoarse, it is very dry and rough.
    Sense id: simple-hoarse-en-adj-Vd2AH2iw
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "hoarse",
      "tags": [
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hoarser",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hoarsest",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hoarse",
        "2": "hoarser",
        "3": "hoarsest"
      },
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He replied with a hoarse whisper."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If your voice is hoarse, it is very dry and rough."
      ],
      "id": "simple-hoarse-en-adj-Vd2AH2iw"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "enpr": "hōrs",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔrs/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔːs/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-hoarse.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "hoarse"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "hoarse",
      "tags": [
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hoarser",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hoarsest",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hoarse",
        "2": "hoarser",
        "3": "hoarsest"
      },
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He replied with a hoarse whisper."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If your voice is hoarse, it is very dry and rough."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "enpr": "hōrs",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔrs/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔːs/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-hoarse.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "hoarse"
}

Download raw JSONL data for hoarse meaning in English (0.6kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-03-29 from the simplewiktionary dump dated 2025-03-21 using wiktextract (fef8596 and 633533e). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.