Gruff (Adjective)

Meaning ¹

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.

Classification

All adjective clusters.

Synonyms

• Hoarse
• Husky

Related Words

• Gruffness (noun)

Meaning ²

Brusque and surly and forbidding; "crusty remarks"; "a crusty old man"; "his curmudgeonly temper"; "gruff manner"; "a gruff reply".

Classification

All adjective clusters.

Synonyms

• Ill-humored
• Ill-humoured
• Crusty
• Curmudgeonly

Related Words

• Gruffness (noun)