Gruff

adjective
grəf

Adjective

  • deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion

    gruff voices

    the dog's gruff barking

    Similar:HoarseHusky
  • brusque and surly and forbidding

    gruff manner

    a gruff reply

    Similar:CrustyCurmudgeonlyIll-humoredIll-humoured

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Similar Words

  • Hoarse
  • Husky
  • Crusty
  • Curmudgeonly
  • Ill-humored
  • Ill-humoured
  • Cacophonic
  • Cacophonous
  • Ill-natured
  • Gruffness