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Gruff Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Gruff? [adj] 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 [adj] brusque and surly and forbidding; "crusty remarks"; "a crusty old man"; "his curmudgeonly temper"; "gruff manner"; "a gruff reply" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Gruff: cacophonic \| cacophonous \| crusty \| curmudgeonly \| hoarse \| husky \| ill-humored \| ill-humoured \| ill-natured Related Terms \| Find terms related to Gruff: abrupt \| acerb \| acid \| acrimonious \| aggressive \| bad-tempered \| bearish \| beastly \| biting \| bluff \| blunt \| boorish \| brash \| brassy \| brazen \| brusque \| cantankerous \| caustic \| cavalier \| choked \| churlish \| coarse \| crabbed \| crabby \| cracked \| croaking \| croaky \| cross \| crotchety \| crusty \| curt \| cutting \| deep \| dour \| dry \| fierce \| grouchy \| growling \| grumbling \| grumbly \| grumpish \| grumpy \| guttural \| harsh \| harsh-sounding \| hoarse \| husky \| ill-humored \| ill-natured \| irascible \| irritable \| low \| metallic \| morose \| peevish \| petulant \| querulous \| ragged \| rasping \| raucid \| raucous \| rough \| roupy \| rude \| saturnine \| severe \| sharp \| short \| short-tempered \| snippety \| snippy \| sour \| squawking \| squawky \| stertorous \| stinging \| strangled \| sulky \| sullen \| surly \| testy \| thick \| throaty \| tinny \| truculent \| uncivil See Also \| Gruff In Webster's Dictionary \Gruff\, a. [Compar. {Gruffer}; superl. {Gruffest}.] [D. grof; akin to G. grob, OHG. gerob, grob, Dan. grov, Sw. grof, perh. akin to AS. rc['o]fan to break, Z. reavc, rupture, g- standing for the AS. prefix ge-, Goth. ga-.] Of a rough or stern manner, voice, or countenance; sour; surly; severe; harsh. --Addison. Gruff, disagreeable, sarcastic remarks. --Thackeray. -- {Gruff"ly}, adv. -- {Gruff"ness}, n.

Gruff Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Gruff?

[adj] 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
[adj] brusque and surly and forbidding; "crusty remarks"; "a crusty old man"; "his curmudgeonly temper"; "gruff manner"; "a gruff reply"

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Gruff In Webster's Dictionary

\Gruff\, a. [Compar. {Gruffer}; superl. {Gruffest}.] [D.
grof; akin to G. grob, OHG. gerob, grob, Dan. grov, Sw. grof,
perh. akin to AS. rc['o]fan to break, Z. reavc, rupture, g-
standing for the AS. prefix ge-, Goth. ga-.]
Of a rough or stern manner, voice, or countenance; sour;
surly; severe; harsh. --Addison.

      Gruff, disagreeable, sarcastic remarks.  --Thackeray.
-- {Gruff"ly}, adv. -- {Gruff"ness}, n.

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