Rasping Definition & Meaning

having an unpleasant sound; "as cacophonous as a henyard"- John McCarten

having an unpleasant sound; "as cacophonous as a henyard"- John McCarten

unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound

rock fragments and pebbles cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations

abounding in small stones; "landed at a shingly little beach" unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound; "a gravelly voice"

uttering in an irritated tone a coarse file with sharp pointed projections scrape with a rasp utter in a grating voice

unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound; "a gravelly voice"

with roughness or violence (`rough' is an informal variant for `roughly'); "he was pushed roughly aside