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What (who) is gruff - definition
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Gruff (disambiguation)
gruff
a.
Rough, churlish, rude, uncivil, uncourteous, ungracious, impolite, bluff, blunt, harsh, brusk or brusque, grumpy.
gruff
¦ adjective
1. (of a voice) rough and low in pitch.
2. abrupt or taciturn in manner.
Derivatives
gruffly adverb
gruffness noun
Origin
C15 (in the sense 'coarse-grained'): from Flemish and Du. grof 'coarse, rude', of W. Gmc origin.
Gruff
·superl Of a rough or stern manner, voice, or countenance; sour; surly; severe; harsh.
Wikipedia
Gruff
Gruff may refer to:
- Gruff, harsh and surly in nature and/or tone of voice
- Gruffs, servants of the Summer Faerie Court in Jim Butcher's The Dresden Files series
- The Three Billy Goats Gruff, Norwegian folk-tale The Three Billy Goats Gruff
- Gruff, a character in Legend of the NeverBeast from Disney
- Gruff, a diminutive of Welsh name Gruffudd
Examples of use of gruff
1. Markey (Mass.) and Rosa DeLauro (Conn.); and gruff Rep.
2. "Step down or you‘ll be dead," a gruff voice barked.
3. King‘s gruff, but flamboyant, style embroidered the myth.
4. Are gruff Home Secretary John Reid and purse–carrying Alan Reid related? a) No. 7.
5. It is a series of brief, gruff bellows, which today elicit no response.