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 [grʌf]

adj

1. rough or surly in manner, speech, etc. a gruff reply

2. (of a voice, bark, etc.) low and throaty

[originally Scottish, from Dutch grof, of Germanic origin; compare Old High German girob; related to Old English hrēof, Lithuanian kraupùs]

gruffish  adj

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 He picked up the phone expecting to hear the chairman's gruff voice.
hoarse sweet, smooth, mellifluous

2. surly, rough, rude, grumpy, blunt, crabbed, crusty, sullen, bad-tempered, curt, churlish, bearish, brusque, impolite, grouchy (informal), ungracious, discourteous, uncivil, ill-humoured, unmannerly, ill-natured His gruff exterior concealed a kind heart.
surly kind, pleasant, polite, gracious, courteous, good-tempered

Translations

gruff [grʌf] ADJ (gruffer (compar) (gruffest (superl))) [voice] → ronco; [manner] → brusco

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gruff [ˈgrʌf] adj [voice] → bourru(e); [exterior] → bourru(e)

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gruff

adj voice → barsch; (= brusque) person, manner → barsch, schroff; exterior → bärbeißig

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gruff [grʌf] adj (-er (comp) (-est (superl))) → burbero/a

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gruff [grʌf] adj (-er (comp) (-est (superl))) → burbero/a

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gruff

adj gruff [graf]

1 deep and rough a gruff voice. bars غليظ، أجَش дрезгав drsný; chraplavý grov; hæs schroff βραχνός ronco räme گرفته möreä bourru צרוד कड़ा, रूखे आचरण वाला hrapav rekedtes parau rámur, hás rauco, roco どら声の 거친 gergždžiantis (par balsi) skarbs; piesmacis parau schor, rauw, hees grov, barsk, hes ochrypły rouco răguşit хриплый chrapľavý hripav promukao grov, barsk แหบ boğuk, kaba 沙啞的 грубуватий; хрипкий غرّاہٹ جیسا thô lỗ; cộc cằn 粗哑的

2 (seeming to be) unfriendly a gruff old man. stroewe, nors فَظ، غير وُدّي груб nevrlý studs; brysk mürrisch απότομος, εχθρικός brusco; malhumorado pahur تند و گستاخ tyly brusque זעף कर्कश otresit, osoran mogorva tidak ramah hranalegur burbero; sgarbato ぶっきら棒な 퉁명스러운 niūrus, atšiaurus skarbs; nedraudzīgs; parupjš tidak peramah nors, bars brysk, kort burkliwy ríspido ţâfnos неприветливый nevrlý osoren osoran sträv, barsk กระด้าง ters, haşin 不友善的 різкий غیر دوستانہ không thân thiện 粗暴的

adv gruffly

nors, stroef بِفَظاظَه، بِغلاظَه грубо nevrle studst; bryskt schroff απότομα bruscamente, toscamente; con malhumor pahuralt با صدای گرفته؛ با گستاخی happamasti d'un ton bourru בזעף कड़क के साथ otresito, osorno mogorván dengan kasar hranalega sgarbatamente ぶっきら棒に 퉁명스럽게 gergždžiančiu balsu, niūriai skarbi; parupji kasar met schore stem; op boze wijze hest; avvisende burkliwie rispidamente cu asprime хрипло; неприветливо mrzuto robato promuklo barskt (เสียง) แหบห้าว ters ters 粗暴地 грубувато بد مزاجی سے thô lỗ; cộc cằn 粗暴地

n gruffness

stuursheid, norsheid غَلاظَه، فَظاظَه грубост mrzutost studshed; bryskhed die Schroffheit αγριάδα, τραχύτητα brusquedad; malhumor pahurus گستاخی؛ گرفتگی صدا töykeys ton bourru זעף कड़कपन zlovolja, osornost mogorvaság kekasaran skapillska sgarbataggine ぶっきら棒 퉁명스러움 šiurkštumas, stačiokiškumas skarbums kekasaran schorheid, boosheid heshet, bryskhet gburowatość rispidez asprime, severitate неприветливость mrzutosť osornost promuklost strävhet, barskhet เสียงแหบ terslik, sertlik 粗啞 різкість بم مزاجی tính cộc cằn; tính thô lỗ 粗哑