Word Information

Gruff

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Definitions for Gruff

adjective
brusque and surly and forbidding
Synonyms
crusty curmudgeonly ill-humored ill-humoured
Examples
  1. crusty remarks
  2. a crusty old man
  3. his curmudgeonly temper
  4. gruff manner
  5. a gruff reply
adjective
deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion
Synonyms
Examples
  1. gruff voices
  2. the dog's gruff barking
  3. hoarse cries
  4. makes all the instruments sound powerful but husky"- Virgil Thomson

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