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Definitions for Gruff

[1] low and harsh; hoarse: a gruff voice.
[2] rough, brusque, or surly: a gruff manner.
[3] rough or surly in manner, speech, etc a gruff reply
[4] (of a voice, bark, etc) low and throaty

Words related to Gruff

dour, crusty, offhand, brusque, surly, boisterous, grumpy, blunt, nasty, throaty, abrupt, boorish, churlish, crabby, crude, curt, discourteous, fierce, grouchy, ill-natured

Words nearby Gruff

gruel, grueling, gruelling, gruenberg, gruesome, gruff, gruffy, grugru, gruiform, grum, grumble

Origin of Gruff

1525–35; < Middle Dutch grof coarse; cognate with German grob

Other words from Gruff

gruff·ish , adjective
gruff·ly , adverb
gruff·ness , noun
un·gruff , adjective

Word origin for Gruff

C16: originally Scottish, from Dutch grof, of Germanic origin; compare Old High German girob; related to Old English hrēof, Lithuanian kraupùs

Synonyms for Gruff

blunt, boisterous, brusque, crusty, dour, grumpy, nasty, offhand, surly, abrupt, bearish, boorish, churlish, crabbed, crabby, crude, curt, discourteous, fierce, grouchy, ill-natured, impolite, morose, rough, saturnine, short, snappy, snippy, sour, sullen, truculent, uncivil, ungracious, unmannerly