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Definitions for Gruffness
[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 Gruffness
gruffharshness, coarseness, severity, rudeness, hardness, crudeness, brusqueness, acrimony, unevenness, asperity, irregularity, crudity, roughhouse, wooliness
Words nearby Gruffness
gruffgruel, grueling, gruelling, gruenberg, gruesome, gruff, gruffy, grugru, gruiform, grum, grumble
Origin of Gruffness
1525–35; < Middle Dutch grof coarse; cognate with German grob
Other words from Gruffness
gruff·ish , adjective
gruff·ly , adverb
gruff·ness , noun
un·gruff , adjective
Word origin for Gruffness
C16: originally Scottish, from Dutch grof, of Germanic origin; compare Old High German girob; related to Old English hrēof, Lithuanian kraupùs
Synonyms for Gruffness
brusqueness, coarseness, crudeness, hardness, harshness, rudeness, severity, roughhouse