0 (of a voice or a person) having a rough voice, often because of a sore throat or a cold: --
1 (of a voice) sounding weak and not very well controlled, often because it has been used too much or the speaker has a cold: --
He was hoarse from shouting.
He would start a recitation with his voice in perfectly good trim but by the end of the evening he would become so hoarse that he was practically speechless.
First of all, they deny a statement, and then, when they get the evidence, all we get back from them is a hoarse laugh.
I must apologise for a heavy cold which gives me a slightly hoarse voice.
I do not want to make them so hoarse that they cannot even continue the debate.
But we can call upon local authorities until we are hoarse.
They are hoarse with their efforts to get more money.
I must excuse myself for being a little hoarse this evening.
Lennox's voice is hoarse and the song sung almost on a monotone.