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RASPING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Uttering in an irritated tone
Synonyms:
rasp; rasping
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("rasping" is a kind of...):
utterance; vocalization (the use of uttered sounds for auditory communication)
Derivation:
rasp (utter in a grating voice)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound
Example:
a gravelly voice
Synonyms:
grating; gravelly; rasping; raspy; rough; scratchy
Classified under:
Similar:
cacophonic; cacophonous (having an unpleasant sound)
III. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb rasp
Context examples:
The rasping, scorching sands were a man’s hard hands chafing my naked chest.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
Foully murdered, with a score of wounds upon him and a rope round his neck, his poor friend had been cast from the upper window and swung slowly in the night wind, his body rasping against the wall and his disfigured face upon a level with the casement.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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