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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:

Adjectives

Similar:

cacophonic; cacophonous (having an unpleasant sound)

 III. (verb) 

Sense 1

-ing form of the verb rasp

Credits

 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)