CROAKIER Synonyms

• deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion

• (of sound) Rough, raw, especially used to describe vocal quality.

• Irritable.

• having or caused by an irregular surface

• of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped

• causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements

• not shaped by cutting or trimming

• the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short

• with roughness or violence (`rough' is an informal variant for `roughly')

• with rough motion as over a rough surface

• (of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse

• not quite exact or correct

• full of hardship or trials

• violently agitated and turbulent

• unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound

• ready and able to resort to force or violence

• not carefully or expertly made

• not perfected

• unpleasantly stern

• unkind or cruel or uncivil

• prepare in preliminary or sketchy form

• Characterized by scratches.

• (chiefly of a sore throat) Annoying, irritating, itchy.

• (of an analogue radio transmission) Noisy, lossy; marred by white noise or static as a result of poor or low signal, interference or unfavourable atmospheric conditions.

• (of a phonograph record) Having popping and/or crackling sounds due to excessive wear, especially from scratch marks.