Tom shouted at us in a gruff voice.
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Gruff
//ɡɹʌf//
Synonyms for "gruff" (104 found)
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Synonyms
2 entriesderived
5 entriesrelated to
3 entriessimilar
3 entriesTranslations
36 translations across 15 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- груб adj (rough-, surly-natured)
- дрезгав adj (hoarse-voiced)
- прегракнал adj (hoarse-voiced)
- рязък adj (rough-, surly-natured)
Czech
4 entries- chraplavý adj (hoarse-voiced)
- drsný adj (rough-, surly-natured)
- drsný adj (hoarse-voiced)
- nevrlý adj (rough-, surly-natured)
Dutch
2 entries- grof adj (rough-, surly-natured)
- lomp adj (rough-, surly-natured)
French
2 entries- bourru adj (rough-, surly-natured)
- rauque adj (hoarse-voiced)
Galician
1 entries- rouco adj (hoarse-voiced)
Icelandic
2 entries- hás adj (hoarse-voiced)
- rámur adj (hoarse-voiced)
Ingrian
1 entries- kommia adj (hoarse-voiced)
Irish
2 entries- dorrga adj (rough-, surly-natured)
- garg adj (hoarse-voiced)
Italian
2 entries- burbero adj (rough-, surly-natured)
- rauco adj (hoarse-voiced)
Māori
1 entries- ngākaukawa adj (rough-, surly-natured)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- ruch adj (rough-, surly-natured)
Portuguese
1 entries- rouco adj (hoarse-voiced)
Romanian
3 entries- aspru adj (rough-, surly-natured)
- grosolan adj (rough-, surly-natured)
- răgușit adj (hoarse-voiced)
Russian
4 entries- гру́бый adj (rough-, surly-natured)
- гру́бый adj (hoarse-voiced)
- неприве́тливый adj (rough-, surly-natured)
- серди́тый adj (rough-, surly-natured)
Spanish
4 entries- fosco adj (rough-, surly-natured)
- hosco adj (rough-, surly-natured)
- ronco adj (hoarse-voiced)
- áspero adj (rough-, surly-natured)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
Tom is a gruff man.
Source: tatoeba (3688497)
A gruff voice broke the silence.
Source: tatoeba (3722192)
Tom's not as gruff as he used to be; he's really nice now.
Source: tatoeba (9128453)
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