How to pronounce gruff

Gruff

Pronounce Gruff as G R UW F F.

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Phonetic transcription for gruff

Traditional IPA Phonetic transcription of gruff: | ɡruff |
Modern IPA Phonetic transcription of gruff: | ɡrʊff |

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Meanings for gruff

severe in tone or manner

crusty, curmudgeonly, gruff, ill-humored, ill-humoured(adj)

brusque and surly and forbidding

"crusty remarks"; "a crusty old man"; "his curmudgeonly temper"; "gruff manner"; "a gruff reply"

gruff, hoarse, husky(adj)

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

harsh and dry in sound

she had a gruff speaking voice, but a surprisingly sweet singing voice

harsh and threatening in manner or appearance

I didn't exchange one word with the gruff mountaineer who sat next to me in the diner

Example Sentences of gruff

Tom shouted at us in a gruff voice.

Synonyms for gruff

ill humored crusty encrusted crustlike husky hoarse ill humoured crusted curmudgeonly burly buirdly strapping beefy acrimonious churlish crabbed dogged gloomy ill natured morose severe snappish sour splenetic sulky sullen surly rough bearish harsh rude blunt uncivil uncourteous ungracious impolite bluff BRUSQUE coarse croaking croaky grating gravel gravelly rasping raspy rusty scratchy throaty austere dour fierce flinty forbidding grim intimidating lowering louring rugged stark steely stern ungentle

Antonyms for gruff

benign benignant gentle mild nonintimidating tender

Gruff in different languages

bourru French
грубый хриплый сердитый неприветливый Russian

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