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rasping

adjectivenoun
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As an adjective, rasping means raspy. As a noun, it means a sound that rasps.

Meanings of rasping

6 meanings

adjective

  1. Raspy

    “He spoke in a rasping voice due to throat cancer.”

  2. Exasperating

  3. Unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound

    “a gravelly voice”

    Similar: grating, gravelly, raspy, rough, scratchy

verb

Present participle of rasp

noun

  1. A sound that rasps.

  2. The act of rasping as with a file.

  3. Uttering in an irritated tone

    Similar: rasp

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Synonyms by meaning

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adjective: unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound
gratinggravellyraspyroughscratchy
noun: uttering in an irritated tone
rasp

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