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HUSKINESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A throaty harshness
Synonyms:
gruffness; hoarseness; huskiness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("huskiness" is a kind of...):
harshness; roughness (the quality of being harsh or rough or grating to the senses)
Derivation:
husky (deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The property of being big and strong
Synonyms:
huskiness; ruggedness; toughness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("huskiness" is a kind of...):
strength (the property of being physically or mentally strong)
Derivation:
husky (muscular and heavily built)
