GRUFF
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Dictionary entry overview: What does gruff mean? • GRUFF (adjective)
The adjective GRUFF has 2 senses:
1. brusque and surly and forbidding
2. deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion
Familiarity information: GRUFF used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• GRUFF (adjective)
Meaning:
Brusque and surly and forbidding
Synonyms:
curmudgeonly; gruff; ill-humored; ill-humoured; crusty
Context examples:
crusty remarks / a crusty old man / his curmudgeonly temper / gruff manner / a gruff reply
Similar:
ill-natured (having an irritable and unpleasant disposition)
Meaning:
Deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion
Synonyms:
hoarse; gruff; husky
Context examples:
gruff voices / the dog's gruff barking / hoarse cries / makes all the instruments sound powerful but husky
Similar:
cacophonic; cacophonous (having an unpleasant sound)
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