gruff /ˈgrʌf/
(a.)粗魯的,粗率的,板著臉孔的
Gruff a. [Compar. Gruffer superl. Gruffest.] Of a rough or stern manner, voice, or countenance; sour; surly; severe; harsh.
Gruff, disagreeable, sarcastic remarks. --Thackeray.
-- Gruff*ly, adv. -- Gruff*ness, n.
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gruff
adj 1: brusque and surly and forbidding; "crusty remarks"; "a
crusty old man"; "his curmudgeonly temper"; "gruff
manner"; "a gruff reply" [syn: crusty, curmudgeonly,
ill-humored, ill-humoured]
2: 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 [syn: hoarse, husky]