hoarse /hɔːs $ hɔːrs/ BrE AmE adjective
[ Language: Old English ; Origin: has ]
if you are hoarse, or if your voice is hoarse, you speak in a low rough voice, for example because your throat is sore:
He was hoarse from laughing.
hoarse voice/whisper/groan etc
—hoarsely adverb
—hoarseness noun [uncountable]