gruff

  • 21gruff — adjective 1 unfriendly or annoyed, especially in the way you speak: a gruff reply 2 a gruff voice sounds low and rough as if the speaker does not want to talk gruffly adverb gruffness noun (U) …

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  • 22gruff — /grʌf / (say gruf) adjective 1. low and harsh; hoarse: a gruff voice. 2. rough; surly: a gruff manner. {earlier grof, from Dutch, related to Old English hrēof rough} –gruffly, adverb –gruffness, noun …

  • 23gruff — adj. Gruff is used with these nouns: ↑exterior, ↑voice …

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  • 24gruff — [grʌf] adj 1) rude and unfriendly 2) a gruff voice has a rough low sound gruffly adv …

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  • 25gruff — s ( et, gruff) …

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  • 26gruff — adj. 1 a (of a voice) low and harsh. b (of a person) having a gruff voice. 2 surly, laconic, rough mannered. Derivatives: gruffly adv. gruffness n. Etymology: Du., MLG grof coarse f. WG (rel. to ROUGH) …

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  • 27gruff´i|ness — gruff|y «GRUHF ee», adjective, gruff|i|er, gruff|i|est. gruff. –gruff´i|ly, adverb. –gruff´i|ness, noun …

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  • 28gruff´ness — gruff «gruhf», adjective, verb. –adj. 1. deep and harsh; hoarse: »a gruff voice. SYNONYM(S): guttural. 2. rough, rude, unfriendly, or bad tempered: »a gruff manner. SYNONYM(S): grumpy, brusque, impolite, surly …

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  • 29Gruff Rhys — à l île de Bute en Écosse, en 2001 Gruff Rhys est un musicien gallois né le 18 juillet 1970 à Haverfordwest. Il est le chanteur du groupe Super Furry Animals. En 2008, il forme le groupe Neon Neon avec Bryan Hollon (plus connu sous le pseudonyme… …

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  • 30Gruff Rhys — Infobox Musical artist Name = Gruff Rhys Img capt = Rhys, on stage with the band Mogwai in Scotland in 2001 Img size = Landscape = Background = solo singer Birth name = Alias = Born = birth date and age|1970|07|18 Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire,… …

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