1) Abrupt 2) Abrupt or surly 3) Bad-tempered 4) Bearish 5) Boorish 6) Brusque 7) Brusque and surly 8) Churlish 9) Crabby 10) Crotchety 11) Crusty 12) Curmudgeonly 13) Curt 14) Disagreeable 15) Discourteous 16) Fairy-tale billy goat 17) Grumpy 18) Harsh and brusque 19) Harsh and throaty 20) Harsh; surly
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1) Abrupt 2) Cacophonic 3) Cacophonous 4) Croaky 5) Crusty 6) Curmudgeonly 7) Harsh 8) Hoarse 9) Husky 10) Rough 11) Surly
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• (superl.) Of a rough or stern manner, voice, or countenance; sour; surly; severe; harsh.
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Gruff adjective [
Compar. Gruffer ;
superl. Gruffest .] [ Dutch
grof ; akin to German
grob , Old High German
gerob , grob, Danish
grov , Swedish
grof , perhaps akin to Anglo-Saxon
rcófan to bre...
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[
adj] - deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion
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hoarse adjective 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
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