Definitions for raspy

raspy rasp·y

Spelling: [ras-pee, rah-spee]
IPA: /ˈræs pi, ˈrɑ spi/

Raspy is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 68 anagrams from letters in raspy (aprsy).

Definitions for raspy

adjective

  1. harsh; grating; rasping.
  2. easily annoyed; irritable.

Origin of raspy

First recorded in 1830-40; rasp + -y1

Examples for raspy

Her voice was raspy and after answering questions she paused, as if about to faint.

Behold her at 10.30, after an icy Splash and a keen rub with a raspy Towel.

A deep, raspy voice seems the only vestige of the three decades he spent pounding his body with poisons.

Under the silent horror of foreboding our nerves became raw and our tempers, like those of the others, short and raspy.

Sometimes they are made of silk, sometimes of a raspy, scratchy, slazy woolen material with a sandpaper surface.

"I reckon he will lose 'em, though," projected a raspy voice.

Her bilious attack had not quite passed away, and her tones were somewhat sharp and raspy.

No, sorry, I speak fast, and my voice is kind of raspy because we went out drinking last night.

I hear it again in my ears, as I did that day in October 1971, ardent and raspy, unchanged by the passage of time.

For all time to come, he sez slow and raspy, I want you to leave my stuff alone.

Word Value for raspy
Scrable

10

Words with friends

10

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