Synonyms for rasping

Grammar : Adj

Spell : ras-ping, rah-sping

Phonetic Transcription : ˈræs pɪŋ, ˈrɑ spɪŋ

Définition of rasping

Origin : mid-13c., "to scrape," from Middle Dutch raspen and from Old French rasper (Modern French râper) "to grate, rasp," which is perhaps from a West Germanic source (cf. Old English gehrespan) akin to the root of raffle. Vocalic sense is from 1843. Related: Rasped; rasping.

adj hoarse
adj grating in sound

Example sentences :

On the night of the third day the weather cleared and settled, cold and rasping.
Extract from : « The Long Labrador Trail » by Dillon Wallace

No rasping essences, none of the exterior of blackness and crêpe.
Extract from : « Rosinante to the Road Again » by John Dos Passos

It was brisk and rasping, and the lips through which it passed were curved in scorn.
Extract from : « Captain Blood » by Rafael Sabatini

"I sh'd be sorry if I wasn't," he answered, in swift, rasping accents.
Extract from : « The Market-Place » by Harold Frederic

That same line you advised, has got three as rasping fences as I should like to meet with.
Extract from : « The O'Donoghue » by Charles James Lever

A rasping sound, like the filing of a saw, came from the tin roof.
Extract from : « Tess of the Storm Country » by Grace Miller White

We have a phonograph with a rasping voice that plays from morning to night.
Extract from : « 'My Beloved Poilus' » by Anonymous

Pavel made a rasping sound when he breathed, and he kept moaning.
Extract from : « My Antonia » by Willa Cather

“You seem to have made up your mind about me,” went on the rasping voice.
Extract from : « The Wall Between » by Sara Ware Bassett

Its futile pretentiousness is the rasping irritation of every hour.
Extract from : « The Rough Road » by William John Locke

Antonyms for rasping

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