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gruff


 
  Grep  of  noun  gruff 
  gruffness 
 
  Overview  of  adj  gruff 
 
  The  adj  gruff  has  2  senses  (first  2  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (1)  crusty,  curmudgeonly,  gruff,  ill-humored,  ill-humoured  --  (brusque  and  surly  and  forbidding;  "crusty  remarks";  "a  crusty  old  man";  "his  curmudgeonly  temper";  "gruff  manner";  "a  gruff  reply") 
  2.  (1)  gruff,  hoarse,  husky  --  (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) 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  gruff 
 
  2  senses  of  gruff 
 
  Sense  1 
  crusty,  curmudgeonly,  gruff,  ill-humored,  ill-humoured 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  ill-natured)  ->  good-natured 
 
  Sense  2 
  gruff,  hoarse,  husky 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  cacophonous)  ->  euphonious,  euphonous 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  gruff 
 
  2  senses  of  gruff 
 
  Sense  1 
  crusty,  curmudgeonly,  gruff,  ill-humored,  ill-humoured 
  =>  ill-natured  (vs.  good-natured) 
 
  Sense  2 
  gruff,  hoarse,  husky 
  =>  cacophonous  (vs.  euphonious),  cacophonic 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  gruff 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  gruff 
 
  gruff  used  as  an  adjective  is  rare  (polysemy  count  =  2) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  gruff 
  gruff 
 
  Overview  of  adj  gruff 
 
  The  adj  gruff  has  2  senses  (first  2  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (1)  crusty,  curmudgeonly,  gruff,  ill-humored,  ill-humoured  --  (brusque  and  surly  and  forbidding;  "crusty  remarks";  "a  crusty  old  man";  "his  curmudgeonly  temper";  "gruff  manner";  "a  gruff  reply") 
  2.  (1)  gruff,  hoarse,  husky  --  (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) 



gruff definition