Definitions that contains gruff from BoostVocab

Smart Search Learn a New Word

gruff

/grəf/

Synonyms of gruff Antonyms of gruff Examples of gruff Usage of gruff Parts of gruff Definition that contains gruff Words sounding like gruff Explanation of gruff

adjective
deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion
- + New List
"gruff voices" "the dog's gruff barking"

Similar:

hoarse husky cacophonic cacophonous
adjective
brusque and surly and forbidding
- + New List
"gruff manner" "a gruff reply"

Similar:

crusty curmudgeonly ill-humored ill-humoured ill-natured

Definition that contains gruff

growling a gruff or angry utterance (suggestive of the growling of an animal)
grunt the short low gruff noise of the kind made by hogs
oink the short low gruff noise of the kind made by hogs
gruffly in a gruff manner