gravelly
Full of stones
Gravelly describes something containing or resembling gravel—small loose stones: a gravelly path, gravelly soil.
More commonly, it describes a voice that is rough, harsh, and low-pitched, as if the speaker has stones in their throat: His gravelly voice made everything sound like a threat.
The quality often suggests age, tobacco use, or natural raspiness.
Rough in voice
- throatyLow, rough-voiced
- huskyRough-voiced or stocky
- raspyRough and grating
- croakyRough-sounding, like illness
guttural · gruff · growly · scratchy · deep · rough · harsh · graveled
Rough in texture
- grittyCoarse or courageous
- roughUneven in surface
- pebblyCovered in small stones
- sandyFull of fine grains
granular · abrasive · uneven · crunchy · grainy · bumpy · jagged · crumbly
hoarse
Rough in voice
croaky · guttural · gruff · growly · scratchy · deep · rough · harsh · graveled · sandpapery
coarse
Rough in texture
sandy · granular · abrasive · uneven · crunchy · grainy · bumpy · jagged · crumbly · friable
pebbles
Small water-smoothed stones
flint · aggregate · sediment · alluvial · glacial · limestone · granite · basalt · quartz · eroded
path
Route for traveling
riverbed · shore · beach · streambed · hillside · slope · dirt · soil · ground · washboard
- speech qualitiesarticulate, clear, loud, soft, quiet
- stone-relatedgranite, marble, slate, limestone, boulder
- vocal tonessoft-spoken, breathy, hushed, whispered, whispery
- soil typesclay soil, sandy soil, loamy soil, rocky soil, loam
- timbretimbre, tone color, quality, resonance, overtones
- voice qualitiespitch, tone, timbre, resonance, inflection
- gravel roadUnpaved way surfaced with stones
- gravel pathsLoose stone walking routes
- gravelly voiceRough, low-pitched tone
- gravel pitExcavation for loose stone
- pea gravelSmall rounded landscaping stones
- loose gravelUnbound small stones