Rasping — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

uttering in an irritated tone

scrape with a rasp

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ɹˈæspɪŋ/

🇬🇧British English

/ɹˈaspɪŋ/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ɹˈaspɪŋ/

2 syllables Say it as /ɹˈæspɪŋ/.

Examples

a gravelly voice

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

gravelly scratchy grating rough rasp raspy

Parts of Speech

noun	uttering in an irritated tone
verb	scrape with a rasp
verb	utter in a grating voice
adjective	unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound “a gravelly voice”

Word Forms

raspy	adjective	unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound
rasp	verb	utter in a grating voice
rasp	noun	a coarse file with sharp pointed projections
rasping	noun	uttering in an irritated tone
roughness	noun	the quality of being unpleasant (harsh or rough or grating) to the senses
scratch	noun	a harsh noise made by scraping

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

krächzend

in gereiztem Ton ausstoßen

🇫🇷French

râper

prononçant d'un ton irrité

🇪🇸Spanish

áspero

pronunciando en un tono irritado

🇮🇹Italian

raspando

pronunciando in tono irritato

🇳🇱Dutch

raspen

op geïrriteerde toon uiten

🇵🇹Portuguese

áspero

proferindo em tom irritado

🇷🇺Russian

грубый

произнося раздраженным тоном

India

🇮🇳Hindi

छीलन

चिड़चिड़े स्वर में बोलना

🇮🇳Tamil

வசைபாடுதல்

எரிச்சல் தொனியில் உச்சரித்தல்

🇮🇳Telugu

కొట్టడం

చిరాకు స్వరంలో పలుకుతున్నాడు

🇮🇳Marathi

रास्पिंग

चिडलेल्या स्वरात उच्चारणे

🇮🇳Gujarati

રાસિંગ

ચિડાઈ ગયેલા સ્વરમાં બોલવું

🇮🇳Kannada

ರಾಸ್ಪಿಂಗ್

ಸಿಟ್ಟಿಗೆದ್ದ ಸ್ವರದಲ್ಲಿ ಹೇಳುವುದು

🇮🇳Malayalam

ആഞ്ഞടിക്കുന്നു

പ്രകോപിത സ്വരത്തിൽ ഉച്ചരിക്കുന്നു

🇵🇰Urdu

رسنگ

غصے سے بھرے لہجے میں بولا۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

锉磨

用恼怒的语气说话

🇯🇵Japanese

ゴシゴシ

イライラした口調で話す

🇰🇷Korean

거친 소리

짜증난 목소리로 말하다

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự cọ xát

nói với giọng bực bội

🇹🇭Thai

ตะไบ

พูดด้วยน้ำเสียงหงุดหงิด

🇮🇩Indonesian

serak

mengucapkannya dengan nada kesal

🇵🇭Filipino

garalgal

pagbigkas sa iritadong tono

🇲🇾Malay

meracau

bersuara dengan nada kesal

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

صرير

النطق بنبرة غاضبة

🇮🇷Persian

تند تند

با لحنی عصبانی بیان می کند

🇹🇷Turkish

hırçın

sinirli bir ses tonuyla söylemek

🇮🇱Hebrew

צוֹרֵם

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