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RELATED WORD : siberian husky

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun husky has 1 sense

• husky(n = noun.animal) eskimo dog - breed of heavy-coated Arctic sled dog; Array
is a kind of working dog

Adjective husky has 2 senses

• husky(s = adj.all) beefy, buirdly, burly, strapping - muscular and heavily built; "a beefy wrestler"; "had a tall burly frame"; "clothing sizes for husky boys"; "a strapping boy of eighteen"; "`buirdly' is a Scottish term"
Derived form noun huskiness₁

• husky(s = adj.all) gruff, hoarse - deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion; "gruff voices"; "the dog's gruff barking"; "hoarse cries"; "makes all the instruments sound powerful but husky"
Derived form noun huskiness₂

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THESAURUS

husky

Herculean, Siberian husky, ass, beast of burden, beefy, big, bouncing, brassy, brawny, brazen, bull, burly, camel, choked, coarse, cracked, croaking, croaky, doughty, draft animal, dromedary, dry, elephant, fat, forceful, forcible, forcy, full-blooded, full-strength, gigantic, great, gruff, gutsy, guttural, gutty, hale, hard, hard as nails, hardy, harsh, harsh-sounding, hearty, hefty, hoarse, horse, iron-hard, llama, lusty, malamute, metallic, mighty, mule, muscular, nervy, obstinate, ox, pack horse, potent, powerful, puissant, ragged, rasping, raucid, raucous, red-blooded, reindeer, robust, robustious, rough, roupy, rude, rugged, sledge dog, squawking, squawky, stalwart, steely, stertorous, stout, strangled, strapping, strong, strong as brandy, strong as strong, strong-willed, sturdy, sumpter, sumpter horse, sumpter mule, thick, thickset, throaty, tinny, tough, vigorous, well-built

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Aphony

N aphony, aphonia, dumbness, obmutescence, absence of voice, want of voice, dysphony, cacoepy, silence, raucity, harsh voice &c, unmusical voice, falsetto, childish treble mute, dummy, aphonous, dumb, mute, deafmute, deaf and dumb, mum, tongue-tied, breathless, tongueless, voiceless, speechless, wordless, mute as a fish, mute as a stockfish, mute as a mackerel, silent, muzzled, inarticulate, inaudible, croaking, raucous, hoarse, husky, dry, hollow, sepulchral, hoarse as a raven, rough, with bated breath, with the finger on the lips, sotto voce, in a low tone, in a cracked voice, in a broken voice, vox faucibus haesit.

Dryness

N dryness, siccity, aridity, drought, ebb tide, low water, exsiccation, desiccation, arefaction, dephlegmation, drainage, drier, desiccative, dessicator, dessicator, hair drier, clothes drier, gas drier, electric drier, vacuum oven, drying oven, kiln, lyophilizer, clothesline, dry, anhydrous, arid, adust, arescent, dried, undamped, juiceless, sapless, sear, husky, rainless, without rain, fine, dry as a bone, dry as dust, dry as a stick, dry as a mummy, dry as a biscuit, water proof, water tight, dehydrated, dessicated.

Faintness

N faintness, faint sound, whisper, breath, undertone, underbreath, murmur, hum, susurration, tinkle, still small voice, hoarseness, raucity, inaudible, scarcely audible, just audible, low, dull, stifled, muffled, hoarse, husky, gentle, soft, faint, floating, purling, flowing, whispered, liquid, soothing, dulcet, susurrant, susurrous, in a whisper, with bated breath, sotto voce, between the teeth, aside, piano, pianissimo, d la sourdine, out of earshot inaudibly, (ii) SPECIFIC SOUNDS.

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