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| 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" |
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| 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" |
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| 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 |
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| Related terms: | cacophonous | |
| Similar spelling: |
Groff Graff Griffy Griffie Griffey Graf group grief Greif Grefe Graef Graeff groupie group_O group_B group_A Grabau |
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