Gruff

/ɡɹʌf/

Synonyms for "gruff" (120 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (24)

Adjective(5 words)

abrupt acerb acid acrimonious aggressive bad-tempered bearish beastly biting bluff blunt boorish brash brassy brazen brief brusque cantankerous

Noun(1 words)

bonxie

Strong matches (36)

caustic cavalier choked churlish coarse crabbed crabby cracked cranky croaking croaky cross crotchety crusty curt cutting deep dour dry fierce

Show 9 more words

fleeting grouchy growling grumbling grumbly grumpish grumpy guttural harsh

Adjective(7 words)

crankiest crustiest crusty curmudgeonly curt grouchiest harsh

Related words (60)

harsh-sounding hoarse husky ill-humored ill-natured irascible irritable low metallic morose peevish petulant querulous ragged rasping raucid raucous rough roupy rude

Show 28 more words

Adjective(10 words)

hoarse ill-humored ill-humoured leathery raspy rugged sourer sourish surliest weathered

Verb(1 words)

snarled

Noun(1 words)

snarling

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

3 entries

appearance mannervoice quality

More specific

6 entries

brusque mannerharsh timbreraspy voicerugged countenancestern demeanorweather-beaten face

Collocations

6 entries

gruff exteriorgruff greetinggruff mannergruff remarkgruff tonegruff voice

Inflections

2 entries

gruffer gruffest

Derivations

3 entries

gruffish gruffly gruffness

similar

3 entries

cacophonic cacophonous ill-natured

Sample sentences

18 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Tom shouted at us in a gruff voice.

Source: tatoeba (2711621)

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)

Showing 4 of 18 available sentences.

More for "gruff"

Meaning

Keep exploring

Read the definition Browse writing guides Read the blog