About The Word Gruff
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Gruff
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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.
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