Meanings
verbhoarsen (third-person singular simple present hoarsens, present participle hoarsening, simple past and past participle hoarsened)
present singular third person hoarsens · participle present hoarsening · participle past hoarsened · past hoarsened
- intransitivetransitiveTo make or become hoarse.
A canny business strategist who tends to express himself tersely — even more so now that his voice has been hoarsened by several strokes — he has rarely consented to interviews.
2009 March 19, Carol Kino, “A Trustee Who Defined an Era of Corporate Giving”, in New York Times
Origin
Translations
Arabic بَحَّ
- بَحَّ (baḥḥa)To make or become hoarse
Bulgarian преграквам
- преграквам (pregrakvam)To make or become hoarse
Catalan enrogallar
- enrogallarTo make or become hoarse
Polish ochrypnąć, zachrypnąć
- ochrypnąćTo make or become hoarse
- zachrypnąćTo make or become hoarse
Portuguese enrouquecer
- enrouquecerTo make or become hoarse
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APA
hoarsen. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hoarsen
MLA
“hoarsen.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hoarsen. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hoarsen,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hoarsen.
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