HOARSE

[adjective] -r, -st - (of a voice) sounding rough, often because the speaker has a sore throat or a cold, or (of a person) having a rough-sounding voicePaddy smoked so incessantly that he had a hoarse voice and his hands were yellow.His voice came out in a hoarse whisper and he cleared his throat.I don't know if she had a cold but she sounded very hoarse over the telephone.You'll make yourself hoarse if you keep shouting like that!See also husky (VOICE).