gruff
1. [ adjective ] brusque and surly and forbidding
Synonyms: curmudgeonly ill-humored ill-humoured crusty
Examples:

"crusty remarks" "a crusty old man" "his curmudgeonly temper" "gruff manner" "a gruff reply"

Related terms: ill-natured
2. [ adjective ] brusque and surly and forbidding
Synonyms: curmudgeonly ill-humored ill-humoured crusty
Examples:

"crusty remarks" "a crusty old man" "his curmudgeonly temper" "gruff manner" "a gruff reply"

Related terms: ill-natured
3. [ adjective ] deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion
Synonyms: hoarse husky
Examples:

"gruff voices" "the dog's gruff barking" "hoarse cries" "makes all the instruments sound powerful but husky:- Virgil Thomson

Related terms: cacophonous
Similar spelling:   Groff
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