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Gruff

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Adjective

1. crusty, curmudgeonly, gruff, ill-humored, ill-humoured

brusque and surly and forbidding

Example Sentences:
'crusty remarks'
'a crusty old man'
'his curmudgeonly temper'
'gruff manner'
'a gruff reply'

2. gruff, hoarse, husky

deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion

Example Sentences:
'gruff voices'
'the dog's gruff barking'
'hoarse cries'
'makes all the instruments sound powerful but husky'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Gruff

see synonyms of gruff
adjective
1. 
rough or surly in manner, speech, etc
a gruff reply
2. 
(of a voice, bark, etc) low and throaty

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Gruff

see synonyms of gruff
adjective
1. 
rough or surly in manner or speech; brusquely rude
2. 
harsh and throaty; hoarse

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.


Gruff

see synonyms of gruff
adj. gruff·er, gruff·est
1. Brusque or stern in manner or appearance: a gruff reply.
2. Hoarse; harsh: a gruff voice.

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