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Detailed Synonyms for gruff in English

gruff:

gruff adj

  1. gruff
  2. gruff
  3. gruff
  4. gruff
    – deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion 1
    hoarse; husky; gruff
    – deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion 1
    • hoarse adj
      • hoarse cries1
    • husky adj
      • makes all the instruments sound powerful but husky1
    • gruff adj
      • gruff voices1
      • the dog's gruff barking1
  5. gruff
    – brusque and surly and forbidding 1
    gruff; crusty; ill-humoured; curmudgeonly; ill-humored
    – brusque and surly and forbidding 1

Related Words for "gruff":

  • gruffness, gruffer, gruffest, gruffly

Alternate Synonyms for "gruff":


Related Definitions for "gruff":

  1. deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion1
    • gruff voices1
    • the dog's gruff barking1
  2. brusque and surly and forbidding1
    • gruff manner1
    • a gruff reply1