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Synonyms for gruffness in English

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gruffness:
- shortness; curtness; brusqueness; gruffness; abruptness; hoarseness; huskiness
gruff:
- huffy; grumpy; touchy; cross-grained; thin-skinned; grim; stern; sullen; gruff; surly; cantankerous; rigid; nagging; crabbed; crusty; sulky; peevish; stiff; moody; bad-tempered; hoarse; husky; ill-humoured; ill-humored; curmudgeonly
- harsh; rough; grim; gruff

English

Detailed Synonyms for gruffness in English

gruffness:

gruffness [the ~] noun

the gruffness

– an abrupt discourteous manner ¹
the shortness; the curtness; the brusqueness; the gruffness; the abruptness
– an abrupt discourteous manner ¹
- shortness [the ~] noun
- curtness [the ~] noun
- brusqueness [the ~] noun
- gruffness [the ~] noun
- abruptness [the ~] noun
the gruffness

– a throaty harshness ¹
the hoarseness; the huskiness; the gruffness
– a throaty harshness ¹
- hoarseness [the ~] noun
- huskiness [the ~] noun
- gruffness [the ~] noun

Alternate Synonyms for "gruffness":

hoarseness; huskiness; harshness; roughness
abruptness; brusqueness; curtness; shortness; discourtesy; rudeness

Related Definitions for "gruffness":

an abrupt discourteous manner¹
a throaty harshness¹

gruff:

gruff adj

gruff
huffy; grumpy; touchy; cross-grained; thin-skinned; grim; stern; sullen; gruff; surly
- huffy adj
- grumpy adj
- touchy adj
- cross-grained adj
- thin-skinned adj
- grim adj
- stern adj
- sullen adj
- gruff adj
- surly adj
gruff
grumpy; cantankerous; surly; rigid; nagging; crabbed; crusty; gruff; sullen
- grumpy adj
- cantankerous adj
- surly adj
- rigid adj
- nagging adj
- crabbed adj
- crusty adj
- gruff adj
- sullen adj
gruff
grumpy; sullen; sulky; peevish; stiff; gruff; moody; surly; bad-tempered
- grumpy adj
- sullen adj
- sulky adj
- peevish adj
- stiff adj
- gruff adj
- moody adj
- surly adj
- bad-tempered adj
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
gruff

– brusque and surly and forbidding ¹
gruff; crusty; ill-humoured; ill-humored; curmudgeonly
– brusque and surly and forbidding ¹
- gruff adj
  - gruff manner¹
  - a gruff reply¹
- crusty adj
  - crusty remarks¹
  - a crusty old man¹
- ill-humoured adj, British
- ill-humored adj, American
- curmudgeonly adj
  - his curmudgeonly temper¹

gruff

gruff
harsh; rough; grim; gruff
- harsh
- rough
- grim
- gruff

Related Words for "gruff":

gruffness, gruffer, gruffest, gruffly

Alternate Synonyms for "gruff":

crusty; curmudgeonly; ill-humored; ill-humoured; ill-natured
hoarse; husky; cacophonous; cacophonic

Related Definitions for "gruff":

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

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University