All croupy synonyms
croup·y
C c adj croupy
- throaty — produced or modified in the throat, as certain sounds; guttural, husky, or hoarse.
- harsh — ungentle and unpleasant in action or effect: harsh treatment; harsh manners.
- gruff — low and harsh; hoarse: a gruff voice.
- raucous — harsh; strident; grating: raucous voices; raucous laughter.
- discordant — being at variance; disagreeing; incongruous: discordant opinions.
- gravelly — of, like, or abounding in gravel.
- blatant — You use blatant to describe something bad that is done in an open or very obvious way.
- cracked — An object that is cracked has lines on its surface because it is damaged.
- dry — free from moisture or excess moisture; not moist; not wet: a dry towel; dry air.
- grating — a frame of metal bars for holding fuel when burning, as in a fireplace, furnace, or stove.
- guttural — of or relating to the throat.
- husky — big and strong; burly.
- indistinct — not distinct; not clearly marked or defined: indistinct markings.
- jarring — to have a harshly unpleasant or perturbing effect on one's nerves, feelings, thoughts, etc.: The sound of the alarm jarred.
- piercing — loud or shrill, as the quality of a voice.
- ragged — clothed in tattered garments: a ragged old man.
- rough — having a coarse or uneven surface, as from projections, irregularities, or breaks; not smooth: rough, red hands; a rough road.
- scratching — to break, mar, or mark the surface of by rubbing, scraping, or tearing with something sharp or rough: to scratch one's hand on a nail.
- strident — making or having a harsh sound; grating; creaking: strident insects; strident hinges.
- thick — having relatively great extent from one surface or side to the opposite; not thin: a thick slice.
- uneven — not level or flat; rough; rugged: The wheels bumped and jolted over the uneven surface.
- whispering — the mode of utterance, or the voice, of a person who whispers: to speak in a whisper.
- croaky — If someone's voice is croaky, it is low and rough.
- breathy — If someone has a breathy voice, you can hear their breath when they speak or sing.
- squawking — to utter a loud, harsh cry, as a duck or other fowl when frightened.
- stertorous — characterized by stertor or heavy snoring.
- stridulous — Also, stridulant. making or having a harsh or grating sound.
adjective croupy
- croaking — Present participle of croak.