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1. (adj.) gruff
low and harsh; hoarse:
a gruff voice.
2. gruff
rough, brusque, or surly:
a gruff manner.
Etymology: (1525–35; < MD grof coarse, c. OHG grob)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) crusty, curmudgeonly, gruff, ill-humored, ill-humoured
brusque and surly and forbidding
"crusty remarks"; "a crusty old man"; "his curmudgeonly temper"; "gruff manner"; "a gruff reply"
2. (adj) gruff, hoarse, husky
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
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. gruff
of a rough or stern manner, voice, or countenance; sour; surly; severe; harsh
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Sense: deep and rough
a gruff voice.
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 Afrikaans: bars |
 Arabic: غليظ، أجَش |
 Bulgarian: дрезгав |
 Brazilian: rouco |
 Czech: drsný; chraplavý |
 German: schroff |
 Danish: grov; hæs |
 Greek: βραχνός |
 Spanish: ronco |
 Estonian: räme |
 Farsi: گرفته |
 Finnish: möreä |
 French: bourru |
 Hebrew: צרוד |
 Hindi: कड़ा, रूखे आचरण वाला |
 Croatian: hrapav |
 Hungarian: rekedtes |
 Indonesian: parau |
 Icelandic: rámur, hás |
 Italian: rauco, roco |
 Japanese: どら声の |
 Korean: 거친 |
 Lithuanian: gergždžiantis |
 Latvian: (par balsi) skarbs; piesm |
 Malay: parau |
 Dutch: schor, rauw, hees |
 Norwegian: grov, barsk, hes |
 Polish: ochrypły |
 Persian: گرفته |
 Pashto: زيږ ( په خبروكى )، بدغونى |
 Portuguese: rouco |
 Romanian: răguşit |
 Russian: хриплый |
 Slovak: chrapľavý |
 Slovenian: hripav |
 Serbian: promukao |
 Swedish: grov, barsk |
 Thai: ห้าว |
 Turkish: boğuk, kaba |
 Taiwanese: 沙啞的 |
 Ukrainian: грубуватий; хрипкий |
 Urdu: غرّاہٹ جیسا |
 Vietnamese: thô lỗ; cộc cằn |
 Chinese: 粗哑的 |
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