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  Overview  of  adj  husky 
 
  The  adj  husky  has  2  senses  (first  2  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (3)  beefy,  burly,  husky,  strapping,  buirdly  --  (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;  "a  buirdly  lad  of  twelve")) 
  2.  (1)  gruff,  hoarse,  husky  --  (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:-  Virgil  Thomson) 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  husky 
 
  2  senses  of  husky 
 
  Sense  1 
  beefy,  burly,  husky,  strapping,  buirdly 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  robust)  ->  frail 
 
  Sense  2 
  gruff,  hoarse,  husky 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  cacophonous)  ->  euphonious,  euphonous 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  husky 
 
  2  senses  of  husky 
 
  Sense  1 
  beefy,  burly,  husky,  strapping,  buirdly 
  =>  robust  (vs.  frail) 
 
  Sense  2 
  gruff,  hoarse,  husky 
  =>  cacophonous  (vs.  euphonious),  cacophonic 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  husky 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  husky 
 
  husky  used  as  an  adjective  is  rare  (polysemy  count  =  2) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  husky 
  husky 
 
  Overview  of  adj  husky 
 
  The  adj  husky  has  2  senses  (first  2  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (3)  beefy,  burly,  husky,  strapping,  buirdly  --  (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;  "a  buirdly  lad  of  twelve")) 
  2.  (1)  gruff,  hoarse,  husky  --  (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:-  Virgil  Thomson)