adjective · rare

gruff

gruff · gruffer · gruffest

захриплий

грубый, сердитый, неприветливый, хриплый

heiser, stämmig, pummelig

Having a rough, surly, and harsh demeanor and natureHaving a rough, surly, and harsh demeanor and nature.

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/ɡɹʌf/

» Tom shouted at us in a gruff voice.

Том на нас грубо прикрикнул.

Meaning

4 senses

Having a rough, surly, and harsh demeanor and nature.
гру́быйgrúbyj, неприве́тливыйneprivétlivyj, серди́тыйserdítyj
Hoarse-voiced.
a gruff woman
гру́быйgrúbyj, хри́плыйxríplyj
Hoarse.
a gruff voice
(British, India)Of goods: bulky.

More definitions

deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion
brusque and surly and forbidding

Examples

9 sentences

Tom shouted at us in a gruff voice.
ruТом на нас грубо прикрикнул.
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Tom is a gruff man.
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A gruff voice broke the silence.
deEine schroffe Stimme brach das Schweigen.
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Ziri spoke in a gruff voice.
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Yanni looks gruff but he's a very nice guy.
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Translations

5 languages

Русский

By meaning 2

rough-, surly-natured:

hoarse-voiced:

Origin

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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