Related Clues:

• Spoke like Gollum in 'The Lord of the Rings'
• Sounded throaty
• Really shook
• Did a Don Corleone impression
• Surprised unpleasantly
• Venomous snake in scarlet made harsh sounds
• Spoke with a croak
• Sounded coarse
• Snake in the grass half-heartedly made sound between a hiss and a rattle
• Grated — shocked
• Did a Don Corleone impression, maybe
• Wasn't a smooth talker?
• Filed, in a way
• Spoke hoarsely, like a blacksmith?
• Vessel with wine is shaken