HUSKINESS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A throaty harshness

Synonyms:

gruffness; hoarseness; huskiness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("huskiness" is a kind of...):

harshness; roughness (the quality of being harsh or rough or grating to the senses)

Derivation:

husky (deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion)

Meaning:

The property of being big and strong

Synonyms:

huskiness; ruggedness; toughness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("huskiness" is a kind of...):

strength (the property of being physically or mentally strong)

Derivation:

husky (muscular and heavily built)