gruff
Having a rough, surly, and harsh demeanor and natureHaving a rough, surly, and harsh demeanor and nature.
» Tom shouted at us in a gruff voice.
Том на нас грубо прикрикнул.
Значение
значений: 4Having a rough, surly, and harsh demeanor and nature.
гру́быйgrúbyj, неприве́тливыйneprivétlivyj, серди́тыйserdítyj
Hoarse-voiced.
a gruff woman
гру́быйgrúbyj, хри́плыйxríplyj
Hoarse.
a gruff voice
(британское, Индия)Of goods: bulky.
- deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion
- brusque and surly and forbidding
Примеры
предложений: 9Tom shouted at us in a gruff voice.
Том на нас грубо прикрикнул.
Tom is a gruff man.
A gruff voice broke the silence.
deEine schroffe Stimme brach das Schweigen.
Ziri spoke in a gruff voice.
Yanni looks gruff but he's a very nice guy.
Переводы
языков: 5По значениям 2
Происхождение
16th century, from Dutch grof and/or Middle Low German grof (both “rough, coarse, rude”),16th century, from Dutch grof and/or Middle Low German grof (both “rough, coarse, rude”), from Old Dutch *grof or Old Saxon *grof, both from Proto-West Germanic *grob, from Proto-Germanic *grubaz (“coarse, rough”), possibly from an earlier *gahrubaz and then related with *hreubaz (“scabby, rough, scrubby”).
Perhaps related to Dutch grof (“rough, coarse”).
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Формы
gruffer, gruffestСинонимы
синонимов: 6- deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion:hoarsehusky
- brusque and surly and forbidding:crustycurmudgeonlyill-humoredill-humoured
Однокоренные
связанных слов: 5Уроки к слову
уроков: 2- A2Сравнительная степень — Потому что у него есть сравнительная степень
- A2Превосходная степень — Потому что у него есть превосходная степень