How to pronounce "gruff"

• "gruff" pronounced in English.

Meanings and definitions of "gruff"

Adjective

brusque and surly and forbidding; "crusty remarks"; "a crusty old man"; "his curmudgeonly temper"; "gruff manner"; "a gruff reply"

Synonyms:

• crusty
• curmudgeonly
• gruff
• ill-humored
• ill-humoured

Adjective

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

Synonyms:

• gruff
• hoarse
• husky