gruff 音标拼音: [gr'ʌf]
a . 粗鲁的,粗率的,板着脸孔的
粗鲁的,粗率的,板着脸孔的
gruff adj 1 :
brusque and surly and forbidding ; "
crusty remarks "; "
a crusty old man "; "
his curmudgeonly temper "; "
gruff manner "; "
a gruff reply " [
synonym : {
crusty }, {
curmudgeonly },
{
gruff }, {
ill -
humored }, {
ill -
humoured }]
2 :
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 [
synonym : {
gruff }, {
hoarse }, {
husky }]
Gruff \
Gruff \ (
gr [
u ^]
f ),
a . [
Compar . {
Gruffer } (
gr [
u ^]
f "[~
e ]
r );
superl . {
Gruffest }.] [
D .
grof ;
akin to G .
grob ,
OHG .
gerob ,
grob ,
Dan .
grov ,
Sw .
grof ,
perh .
akin to AS .
rc ['
o ]
fan to break ,
Z .
reavc ,
rupture ,
g -
standing for the AS .
prefix ge -,
Goth .
ga -.]
Of a rough or stern manner ,
voice ,
or countenance ;
sour ;
surly ;
severe ;
harsh . --
Addison .
[
1913 Webster ]
Gruff ,
disagreeable ,
sarcastic remarks . --
Thackeray .
-- {
Gruff "
ly },
adv . -- {
Gruff "
ness },
n .
[
1913 Webster ]
86 Moby Thesaurus words for "
gruff ":
abrupt ,
acerb ,
acid ,
acrimonious ,
aggressive ,
bad -
tempered ,
bearish ,
beastly ,
biting ,
bluff ,
blunt ,
boorish ,
brash ,
brassy ,
brazen ,
brusque ,
cantankerous ,
caustic ,
cavalier ,
choked ,
churlish ,
coarse ,
crabbed ,
crabby ,
cracked ,
croaking ,
croaky ,
cross ,
crotchety ,
crusty ,
curt ,
cutting ,
deep ,
dour ,
dry ,
fierce ,
grouchy ,
growling ,
grumbling ,
grumbly ,
grumpish ,
grumpy ,
guttural ,
harsh ,
harsh -
sounding ,
hoarse ,
husky ,
ill -
humored ,
ill -
natured ,
irascible ,
irritable ,
low ,
metallic ,
morose ,
peevish ,
petulant ,
querulous ,
ragged ,
rasping ,
raucid ,
raucous ,
rough ,
roupy ,
rude ,
saturnine ,
severe ,
sharp ,
short ,
short -
tempered ,
snippety ,
snippy ,
sour ,
squawking ,
squawky ,
stertorous ,
stinging ,
strangled ,
sulky ,
sullen ,
surly ,
testy ,
thick ,
throaty ,
tinny ,
truculent ,
uncivil
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