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Hoarseness

Harshness or roughness of voice or sound, due to mucus collected on the vocal cords, or to swelling or looseness of the cords.

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Harshness 76% connected

The quality or state of being harsh.

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Roughness 76% connected

The quality or state of being rough.

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Hoarse 74% connected

Having a harsh, rough, grating voice or sound, as when affected with a cold; making a rough, harsh cry or sound; as, the hoarse raven.

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Hoarse 74% connected

Having a harsh, rough, grating voice or sound, as when affected with a cold; making a rough, harsh cry or sound; as, the hoarse raven.

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Huskiness 92% connected

The state of being husky.

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Alalia noun · 78% connection

paralysis of the vocal cords resulting in an inability to speak

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Arytenoid adjective · 78% connection

Ladle-shaped; -- applied to two small cartilages of the larynx, and also to the glands, muscles, etc., connected with them. The cartil…

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Asperity noun · 78% connection

Moral roughness; roughness of manner; severity; crabbedness; harshness; -- opposed to mildness.

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Cord noun · 78% connection

Fig.: Any moral influence by which persons are caught, held, or drawn, as if by a cord; an enticement; as, the cords of the wicked; th…

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Crabbed noun · 78% connection

Characterized by harshness or roughness; unpleasant; -- applied to things; as, a crabbed taste.

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False vocal cord noun · 78% connection

either of the upper two vocal cords that are not involved in vocalization

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False vocal fold noun · 78% connection

either of the upper two vocal cords that are not involved in vocalization

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Falsetto noun · 78% connection

A false or artificial voice; that voice in a man which lies above his natural voice; the male counter tenor or alto voice. See Head vo…

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Inclemency noun · 78% connection

Physical severity or harshness (commonly in respect to the elements or weather); roughness; storminess; rigor; severe cold, wind, rain…

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Larynx noun · 78% connection

a cartilaginous structure at the top of the trachea; contains elastic vocal cords that are the source of the vocal tone in speech

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Looseness noun · 78% connection

The state, condition, or quality, of being loose; as, the looseness of a cord; looseness of style; looseness of morals or of principle…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: harshness, roughness, voice, sound, mucus.
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Muciform adjective · 78% connection

Resembling mucus; having the character or appearance of mucus.

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