Usually means: Make voice rough and harsh.
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We found 17 dictionaries that define the word HOARSEN:

General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. hoarsen: Merriam-Webster
  2. hoarsen: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. hoarsen: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. hoarsen: Collins English Dictionary
  5. hoarsen: Wordnik
  6. hoarsen: Wiktionary
  7. hoarsen: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. hoarsen: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. hoarsen: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Hoarsen, hoarsen: Dictionary.com
  11. Hoarsen: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. hoarsen: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  13. Hoarsen: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  14. hoarsen: FreeDictionary.org
  15. hoarsen: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. hoarsen: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. hoarsen: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (hoarsen)

▸ verb:  (transitive, intransitive) To make or become hoarse.

Similar:
harshen, coarsen, deaf, Hazen, Harden, souren, roughen, deafen, hush, unhear, more...

Opposite:
clarify, enunciate, articulate, pronounce

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Similar:
harshen, coarsen, deaf, Hazen, Harden, souren, roughen, deafen, hush, unhear, more...

Opposite:
clarify, enunciate, articulate, pronounce



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