gruff

gruff  (grf)

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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[Dutch grof, from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German.]

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gruffly adv.

gruffness n.

Synonyms: gruff, brusque, blunt, bluff², curt, crusty
These adjectives mean abrupt and sometimes discourteous in manner or speech. Gruff implies roughness or surliness but does not necessarily suggest rudeness: a gruff reply.
Brusque emphasizes rude abruptness: a brusque manner.
Blunt stresses utter frankness and usually a disconcerting directness: a blunt refusal.
Bluff refers to unpolished, unceremonious manner but usually implies hearty good nature: a bluff and courageous sailor.
Curt denotes usually rude briefness and abruptness of speech: a curt letter of rejection.
Crusty suggests a rough and forbidding manner that sometimes conceals benevolence of spirit: a crusty old gentlemen who feeds stray cats.

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gruff

Adjective

1. rough or surly in manner or speech

2. (of a voice) low and throaty [Germanic]

gruffly adv
gruffness n

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	gruff - brusque and surly and forbidding; "crusty remarks"; "a crusty old man"; "his curmudgeonly temper"; "gruff manner"; "a gruff reply" curmudgeonly, ill-humored, ill-humoured, crusty ill-natured - having an irritable and unpleasant disposition
	2.	gruff - deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion; "gruff voices"; "the dog's gruff barking"; "hoarse cries"; "makes all the instruments sound powerful but husky"- Virgil Thomson hoarse, husky cacophonic, cacophonous - having an unpleasant sound; "as cacophonous as a henyard"- John McCarten

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gruff

adjective 1. hoarse, rough, harsh, rasping, husky, low, croaking, throaty, guttural << OPPOSITE mellifluous

adjective 2. surly, rough, rude, grumpy, blunt, crabbed, crusty, sullen, bad-tempered, curt, churlish, brusque, impolite, grouchy (informal) ungracious, discourteous, uncivil, ill-humoured, unmannerly, ill-natured << OPPOSITE polite

Translations

gruff [grʌf] adj [voice] → ronco; [manner] → brusco

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gruff [grʌf] adj → bourru(e)

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gruff [grʌf] adj → barsch, schroff

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gruff [grʌf] adj → rozzo/a