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[ ras-pee, rah-spee ] / ˈræs pi, ˈrɑ spi / SEE SYNONYMS FOR raspy ON THESAURUS.COM
adjective, rasp·i·er, rasp·i·est.harsh; grating; rasping. easily annoyed; irritable. Origin of raspyFirst recorded in 1830–40; rasp + -y1 OTHER WORDS FROM raspyrasp·i·ness, nounun·rasp·y, adjectiveWords nearby raspyrasping, raspings, ras protein, Rasputin, Rasputin, Grigori, raspy, rasse, Ras Shamra, rassle, RAST, Rasta Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for raspyHer voice was raspy and after answering questions she paused, as if about to faint. Jeopardy! Champion Julia Collins’s Brain Feels Like Mush|Sujay Kumar|November 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST A deep, raspy voice seems the only vestige of the three decades he spent pounding his body with poisons. Hallucinating Away a Heroin Addiction|Abby Haglage|May 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST I hear it again in my ears, as I did that day in October 1971, ardent and raspy, unchanged by the passage of time. Bernard-Henri Lévy: André Malraux’s Bangladesh, Before the Radicals|Bernard-Henri Lévy|April 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST No, sorry, I speak fast, and my voice is kind of raspy because we went out drinking last night. Kelly Clarkson Talks Heartbreak|Ramin Setoodeh|October 25, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Tony West's raspy voice chimed out a welcome, as Merriton went forward, his hand outstretched. The Riddle of the Frozen Flame|Mary E. Hanshew Again the raspy squeal of some far tree reached his inmost brain, and his hair rose as he stopped and gave a low "woof." Rolf In The Woods|Ernest Thompson Seton For all time to come, he sez slow and raspy, I want you to leave my stuff alone. Friar Tuck|Robert Alexander Wason I watched intently, but my ears were rewarded first, by a raspy cough I knew only too well. Tales of the Fish Patrol|Jack London Her breath was short and raspy and cross, like the breath of a person who runs for a train—and misses it. The Sick-a-Bed Lady|Eleanor Hallowell Abbott
Words related to raspyhoarse, scratchy, throaty, gruff, gravelly, cracked, dry, grating, harsh, husky, thick, croaky |