Antonyms for rasping


Grammar : Adj
Spell : ras-ping, rah-sping
Phonetic Transcription : ˈræs pɪŋ, ˈrɑ spɪŋ


Definition of rasping

Origin :
  • mid-13c., "to scrape," from Middle Dutch raspen and from Old French rasper (Modern French râper) "to grate, rasp," which is perhaps from a West Germanic source (cf. Old English gehrespan) akin to the root of raffle. Vocalic sense is from 1843. Related: Rasped; rasping.
  • adj hoarse
  • adj grating in sound
Example sentences :
  • On the night of the third day the weather cleared and settled, cold and rasping.
  • Extract from : « The Long Labrador Trail » by Dillon Wallace
  • No rasping essences, none of the exterior of blackness and crêpe.
  • Extract from : « Rosinante to the Road Again » by John Dos Passos
  • It was brisk and rasping, and the lips through which it passed were curved in scorn.
  • Extract from : « Captain Blood » by Rafael Sabatini
  • "I sh'd be sorry if I wasn't," he answered, in swift, rasping accents.
  • Extract from : « The Market-Place » by Harold Frederic
  • That same line you advised, has got three as rasping fences as I should like to meet with.
  • Extract from : « The O'Donoghue » by Charles James Lever
  • A rasping sound, like the filing of a saw, came from the tin roof.
  • Extract from : « Tess of the Storm Country » by Grace Miller White
  • We have a phonograph with a rasping voice that plays from morning to night.
  • Extract from : « 'My Beloved Poilus' » by Anonymous
  • Pavel made a rasping sound when he breathed, and he kept moaning.
  • Extract from : « My Antonia » by Willa Cather
  • “You seem to have made up your mind about me,” went on the rasping voice.
  • Extract from : « The Wall Between » by Sara Ware Bassett
  • Its futile pretentiousness is the rasping irritation of every hour.
  • Extract from : « The Rough Road » by William John Locke

Synonyms for rasping

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