Gruffing

Synonyms for "gruffing" (104 found)

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Closest matches (21)

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

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Strong matches (31)

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

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grouchy growling grumbling grumbly grumpish grumpy guttural harsh

Adjective(2 words)

crusty curmudgeonly

Adjective(1 words)

Related words (52)

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

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severe sharp short short-tempered snappish snippety snippy sour squawking squawky stern stertorous stinging strangled sulky sullen surly tactless temperamental terse testy thick throaty tinny truculent uncivil ungracious

Adjective(4 words)

hoarse husky ill-humored ill-humoured

Adjective(1 words)

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