husky, adj.
(huskier, huskiest)
freq. cnt. 4
(huskier, huskiest)
freq. cnt. 4
muscular and heavily built
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1
beefy buirdly burly husky strapping
sample sentences
"a beefy wrestler""had a tall burly frame"
"clothing sizes for husky boys"
"a strapping boy of eighteen"
"`buirdly' is a Scottish term"
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deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 9 freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
gruff hoarse husky
sample sentences
"gruff voices""the dog's gruff barking"
"hoarse cries"
"makes all the instruments sound powerful but husky"- Virgil Thomson
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