Definition of gruff in English:

gruff

adjective ɡrʌfɡrəf

1(of a voice) rough and low in pitch.
（嗓音）低沉沙哑的
she spoke with a gruff, masculine voice
她的嗓音低沉沙哑，有些男性化。
Example sentencesExamples
- A gruff voice came from his left as he reached the mouth of the cave.
- He'd been traveling all day and was looking for a good place to make camp when he heard the gruff voices laughing and talking loudly.
- Suddenly a gruff voice yelled something at her and she knew that her gazing had been noticed and it was time to move on.
- He had a deep, gruff voice, and he said some things that bothered her.
- His voice was rather gruff but there was kindness in his blue eyes.
- Soon after he had the crowd's attention with his tight rhymes, gruff voice, and theatrical delivery.
- He has a gruff voice, is thought to be a smoker and often smells of drink.
- In the centre a microphone hangs from the ceiling, some 30 yards high, to which the referee clings as his gruff voice hollers out the start of each round.
- She was brought sharply back to earth by the gruff voice of the landlord yelling in her ear
- He speaks with a gruff voice, is balding and was last seen wearing a grey anorak and trousers.
- Within seconds my accent and gruff voice had won her over and she asked me how quickly I could get to Surrey.
- The alien yelled, using his gruff voice, to his friends, who were standing just out of Leanne's line of sight.
- Dave has a big, deep, booming gruff voice - that sounds like he gargles with gravel every single morning.
- His voice was gruff, but with a certain intellectual refinement to it.
- Make up your own silly opposites, such as a high, squeaky voice and a low, gruff voice.
- his voice was gruff but there was still a hint of anxiousness in his tone.
- He suddenly felt a rough rope around his neck and a gruff voice said to him, ‘Let go of the globe.’
- A gruff voice snarled from a dark corner behind them.
- After five rings, I was about to hang up, when I heard a gruff voice answer.
- Based on his writing style, I imagined him a kind of playful, comedian's voice, when his real voice is quite gruff.
Synonyms
rough, hoarse, harsh, guttural, throaty, husky, croaking, rasping, raspy, gravelly, growly, growling
low, thick
1. 1.1 Abrupt or taciturn in manner.
  态度粗暴的，生硬的
  Robert's gruff, no-nonsense approach
  Example sentencesExamples
  Under the gruff exterior was a gentle and sensitive man with a generous spirit.
  There is something old-fashioned in his manner which may explain why he excels as gruff authority figures and flinty men of the West.
  He sounded gruff and short, though anyone looking at him could tell that he was worried about her.
  Katherine took a deep breath, but it was cut short by the muffling that a gruff hand over her mouth had caused.
  Erik's smile faded away quickly when three gruff looking men approached him.
  I couldn't help laughing at his abrupt, gruff delivery of the estimate.
  Thus McCarthy occasionally came across as gruff or grouchy in this World Cup and some reporters took delight in this.
  The speaker was a gruff man, short and stout, with a raggedy moustache and a balding head.
  And I met the man playing Baron Von Trapp, the gruff and grumpy Naval officer widower whose heart she melts.
  His personality is more surprising: the gruff, taciturn public image back home turns out to be a myth.
  It is his kind, if rather terse and gruff manner that has turned his shop into an excellent meeting place for people and ideas.
  A gruff man with a short temper and a big voice, his shortcomings were as obvious as his merits were hidden.
  His gruff manner always belied a kindness in him that all his close friends knew he had.
  Just beneath his gruff exterior lies a gentle soul seeking to fill a spiritual void with companionship.
  I responded nay, three times nay, though my manner had become rather gruff, and I was curt with them.
  The core message seems to be that saving lives is still noble, and the people who do it best have hearts of gold, even if that heart is buried under a gruff exterior.
  They are gruff and surly beings, generally compared in nature to humans.
  But despite his gruff exterior, it's obvious that his time in student journalism meant something to him.
  His manner was gruff, and I could see his eyes were wet.
  To his friends the Orc was gruff, even rude, but deep inside he was all bark and no bite.
  Synonyms
  abrupt, brusque, curt, short, blunt, bluff, no-nonsense
  laconic, taciturn
  surly, churlish, grumpy, crotchety, crabby, crabbed, cross, bad-tempered, short-tempered, ill-natured, crusty, tetchy, bearish, sullen, sour, uncivil, rude, unmannerly, impolite, discourteous, ungracious, unceremonious, offhand
  informal grouchy, off, offish

Derivatives

gruffly

adverb ˈɡrʌfliˈɡrəfli

They smiled, shrugged off our thanks, told us gruffly to keep up the work, and told us to come back sometime, anytime.
Example sentencesExamples
- When I called back next day to cancel my idea of a meeting, he said gruffly: ‘Come to lunch Sunday, if you can’.
- I went up to the busy hawker and she asked me gruffly what I wanted.
- Then, an off-the-cuff remark by a bookshop owner who gruffly suggested she should write something of her own changed the course of her life.
- Your new friend is just going to walk up to you, introduce itself rather gruffly, hand you a few forms to fill out, and move right on in.

gruffness

noun ˈɡrʌfnəsˈɡrəfnəs

The manager - only the fifth they have had in the last 31 years - politely accepts calls at the arranged time, and has none of the disciplinarian gruffness, egotism, or eccentricity which usually characterises successful bosses.
Example sentencesExamples
- Ripely fruitful, earthy nose with a hint of mineral salts leads to a delightful taste tug of war between sweet fruit and warm, earthy gruffness that keeps your interest and makes this the perfect wine for dinner.
- His outward gruffness concealed his innate shyness.
- Dealing with athletes all his life has equipped him with a coach's gruffness.
- They protect themselves with gruffness or acerbic wit.

Origin

Late 15th century (in the sense 'coarse-grained'): from Flemish and Dutch grof 'coarse, rude', of West Germanic origin.

Rhymes

bluff, buff, chough, chuff, cuff, duff, enough, fluff, guff, huff, luff, puff, rough, ruff, scruff, scuff, slough, snuff, stuff, Tough, tuff

Definition of gruff in US English:

gruff

adjectiveɡrəfɡrəf

1(of a voice) rough and low in pitch.
（嗓音）低沉沙哑的
she spoke with a gruff, masculine voice
她的嗓音低沉沙哑，有些男性化。
Example sentencesExamples
- his voice was gruff but there was still a hint of anxiousness in his tone.
- He has a gruff voice, is thought to be a smoker and often smells of drink.
- Soon after he had the crowd's attention with his tight rhymes, gruff voice, and theatrical delivery.
- She was brought sharply back to earth by the gruff voice of the landlord yelling in her ear
- Suddenly a gruff voice yelled something at her and she knew that her gazing had been noticed and it was time to move on.
- The alien yelled, using his gruff voice, to his friends, who were standing just out of Leanne's line of sight.
- His voice was rather gruff but there was kindness in his blue eyes.
- A gruff voice snarled from a dark corner behind them.
- He suddenly felt a rough rope around his neck and a gruff voice said to him, ‘Let go of the globe.’
- A gruff voice came from his left as he reached the mouth of the cave.
- He had a deep, gruff voice, and he said some things that bothered her.
- In the centre a microphone hangs from the ceiling, some 30 yards high, to which the referee clings as his gruff voice hollers out the start of each round.
- Dave has a big, deep, booming gruff voice - that sounds like he gargles with gravel every single morning.
- After five rings, I was about to hang up, when I heard a gruff voice answer.
- His voice was gruff, but with a certain intellectual refinement to it.
- Within seconds my accent and gruff voice had won her over and she asked me how quickly I could get to Surrey.
- He'd been traveling all day and was looking for a good place to make camp when he heard the gruff voices laughing and talking loudly.
- He speaks with a gruff voice, is balding and was last seen wearing a grey anorak and trousers.
- Make up your own silly opposites, such as a high, squeaky voice and a low, gruff voice.
- Based on his writing style, I imagined him a kind of playful, comedian's voice, when his real voice is quite gruff.
Synonyms
rough, hoarse, harsh, guttural, throaty, husky, croaking, rasping, raspy, gravelly, growly, growling
1. 1.1 Abrupt or taciturn in manner.
  态度粗暴的，生硬的
  penetrate a gruff exterior and you will find him affable
  透过他相当生硬的外表，你会发现他实际是一个和蔼可亲的人。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Katherine took a deep breath, but it was cut short by the muffling that a gruff hand over her mouth had caused.
  The core message seems to be that saving lives is still noble, and the people who do it best have hearts of gold, even if that heart is buried under a gruff exterior.
  They are gruff and surly beings, generally compared in nature to humans.
  The speaker was a gruff man, short and stout, with a raggedy moustache and a balding head.
  To his friends the Orc was gruff, even rude, but deep inside he was all bark and no bite.
  A gruff man with a short temper and a big voice, his shortcomings were as obvious as his merits were hidden.
  His personality is more surprising: the gruff, taciturn public image back home turns out to be a myth.
  I couldn't help laughing at his abrupt, gruff delivery of the estimate.
  It is his kind, if rather terse and gruff manner that has turned his shop into an excellent meeting place for people and ideas.
  His gruff manner always belied a kindness in him that all his close friends knew he had.
  But despite his gruff exterior, it's obvious that his time in student journalism meant something to him.
  Under the gruff exterior was a gentle and sensitive man with a generous spirit.
  His manner was gruff, and I could see his eyes were wet.
  And I met the man playing Baron Von Trapp, the gruff and grumpy Naval officer widower whose heart she melts.
  Erik's smile faded away quickly when three gruff looking men approached him.
  I responded nay, three times nay, though my manner had become rather gruff, and I was curt with them.
  He sounded gruff and short, though anyone looking at him could tell that he was worried about her.
  Thus McCarthy occasionally came across as gruff or grouchy in this World Cup and some reporters took delight in this.
  There is something old-fashioned in his manner which may explain why he excels as gruff authority figures and flinty men of the West.
  Just beneath his gruff exterior lies a gentle soul seeking to fill a spiritual void with companionship.
  Synonyms
  abrupt, brusque, curt, short, blunt, bluff, no-nonsense

Origin

Late 15th century (in the sense ‘coarse-grained’): from Flemish and Dutch grof ‘coarse, rude’, of West Germanic origin.

单词	gruff
释义	Definition of gruff in English: gruff adjective ɡrʌfɡrəf 1(of a voice) rough and low in pitch. （嗓音）低沉沙哑的 she spoke with a gruff, masculine voice 她的嗓音低沉沙哑，有些男性化。 Example sentencesExamples A gruff voice came from his left as he reached the mouth of the cave. He'd been traveling all day and was looking for a good place to make camp when he heard the gruff voices laughing and talking loudly. Suddenly a gruff voice yelled something at her and she knew that her gazing had been noticed and it was time to move on. He had a deep, gruff voice, and he said some things that bothered her. His voice was rather gruff but there was kindness in his blue eyes. Soon after he had the crowd's attention with his tight rhymes, gruff voice, and theatrical delivery. He has a gruff voice, is thought to be a smoker and often smells of drink. In the centre a microphone hangs from the ceiling, some 30 yards high, to which the referee clings as his gruff voice hollers out the start of each round. She was brought sharply back to earth by the gruff voice of the landlord yelling in her ear He speaks with a gruff voice, is balding and was last seen wearing a grey anorak and trousers. Within seconds my accent and gruff voice had won her over and she asked me how quickly I could get to Surrey. The alien yelled, using his gruff voice, to his friends, who were standing just out of Leanne's line of sight. Dave has a big, deep, booming gruff voice - that sounds like he gargles with gravel every single morning. His voice was gruff, but with a certain intellectual refinement to it. Make up your own silly opposites, such as a high, squeaky voice and a low, gruff voice. his voice was gruff but there was still a hint of anxiousness in his tone. He suddenly felt a rough rope around his neck and a gruff voice said to him, ‘Let go of the globe.’ A gruff voice snarled from a dark corner behind them. After five rings, I was about to hang up, when I heard a gruff voice answer. Based on his writing style, I imagined him a kind of playful, comedian's voice, when his real voice is quite gruff. Synonyms rough, hoarse, harsh, guttural, throaty, husky, croaking, rasping, raspy, gravelly, growly, growling low, thick 1.1 Abrupt or taciturn in manner. 态度粗暴的，生硬的 Robert's gruff, no-nonsense approach Example sentencesExamples Under the gruff exterior was a gentle and sensitive man with a generous spirit. There is something old-fashioned in his manner which may explain why he excels as gruff authority figures and flinty men of the West. He sounded gruff and short, though anyone looking at him could tell that he was worried about her. Katherine took a deep breath, but it was cut short by the muffling that a gruff hand over her mouth had caused. Erik's smile faded away quickly when three gruff looking men approached him. I couldn't help laughing at his abrupt, gruff delivery of the estimate. Thus McCarthy occasionally came across as gruff or grouchy in this World Cup and some reporters took delight in this. The speaker was a gruff man, short and stout, with a raggedy moustache and a balding head. And I met the man playing Baron Von Trapp, the gruff and grumpy Naval officer widower whose heart she melts. His personality is more surprising: the gruff, taciturn public image back home turns out to be a myth. It is his kind, if rather terse and gruff manner that has turned his shop into an excellent meeting place for people and ideas. A gruff man with a short temper and a big voice, his shortcomings were as obvious as his merits were hidden. His gruff manner always belied a kindness in him that all his close friends knew he had. Just beneath his gruff exterior lies a gentle soul seeking to fill a spiritual void with companionship. I responded nay, three times nay, though my manner had become rather gruff, and I was curt with them. The core message seems to be that saving lives is still noble, and the people who do it best have hearts of gold, even if that heart is buried under a gruff exterior. They are gruff and surly beings, generally compared in nature to humans. But despite his gruff exterior, it's obvious that his time in student journalism meant something to him. His manner was gruff, and I could see his eyes were wet. To his friends the Orc was gruff, even rude, but deep inside he was all bark and no bite. Synonyms abrupt, brusque, curt, short, blunt, bluff, no-nonsense laconic, taciturn surly, churlish, grumpy, crotchety, crabby, crabbed, cross, bad-tempered, short-tempered, ill-natured, crusty, tetchy, bearish, sullen, sour, uncivil, rude, unmannerly, impolite, discourteous, ungracious, unceremonious, offhand informal grouchy, off, offish Derivatives gruffly adverb ˈɡrʌfliˈɡrəfli They smiled, shrugged off our thanks, told us gruffly to keep up the work, and told us to come back sometime, anytime. Example sentencesExamples When I called back next day to cancel my idea of a meeting, he said gruffly: ‘Come to lunch Sunday, if you can’. I went up to the busy hawker and she asked me gruffly what I wanted. Then, an off-the-cuff remark by a bookshop owner who gruffly suggested she should write something of her own changed the course of her life. Your new friend is just going to walk up to you, introduce itself rather gruffly, hand you a few forms to fill out, and move right on in. gruffness noun ˈɡrʌfnəsˈɡrəfnəs The manager - only the fifth they have had in the last 31 years - politely accepts calls at the arranged time, and has none of the disciplinarian gruffness, egotism, or eccentricity which usually characterises successful bosses. Example sentencesExamples Ripely fruitful, earthy nose with a hint of mineral salts leads to a delightful taste tug of war between sweet fruit and warm, earthy gruffness that keeps your interest and makes this the perfect wine for dinner. His outward gruffness concealed his innate shyness. Dealing with athletes all his life has equipped him with a coach's gruffness. They protect themselves with gruffness or acerbic wit. Origin Late 15th century (in the sense 'coarse-grained'): from Flemish and Dutch grof 'coarse, rude', of West Germanic origin. Rhymes bluff, buff, chough, chuff, cuff, duff, enough, fluff, guff, huff, luff, puff, rough, ruff, scruff, scuff, slough, snuff, stuff, Tough, tuff Definition of gruff in US English: gruff adjectiveɡrəfɡrəf 1(of a voice) rough and low in pitch. （嗓音）低沉沙哑的 she spoke with a gruff, masculine voice 她的嗓音低沉沙哑，有些男性化。 Example sentencesExamples his voice was gruff but there was still a hint of anxiousness in his tone. He has a gruff voice, is thought to be a smoker and often smells of drink. Soon after he had the crowd's attention with his tight rhymes, gruff voice, and theatrical delivery. She was brought sharply back to earth by the gruff voice of the landlord yelling in her ear Suddenly a gruff voice yelled something at her and she knew that her gazing had been noticed and it was time to move on. The alien yelled, using his gruff voice, to his friends, who were standing just out of Leanne's line of sight. His voice was rather gruff but there was kindness in his blue eyes. A gruff voice snarled from a dark corner behind them. He suddenly felt a rough rope around his neck and a gruff voice said to him, ‘Let go of the globe.’ A gruff voice came from his left as he reached the mouth of the cave. He had a deep, gruff voice, and he said some things that bothered her. In the centre a microphone hangs from the ceiling, some 30 yards high, to which the referee clings as his gruff voice hollers out the start of each round. Dave has a big, deep, booming gruff voice - that sounds like he gargles with gravel every single morning. After five rings, I was about to hang up, when I heard a gruff voice answer. His voice was gruff, but with a certain intellectual refinement to it. Within seconds my accent and gruff voice had won her over and she asked me how quickly I could get to Surrey. He'd been traveling all day and was looking for a good place to make camp when he heard the gruff voices laughing and talking loudly. He speaks with a gruff voice, is balding and was last seen wearing a grey anorak and trousers. Make up your own silly opposites, such as a high, squeaky voice and a low, gruff voice. Based on his writing style, I imagined him a kind of playful, comedian's voice, when his real voice is quite gruff. Synonyms rough, hoarse, harsh, guttural, throaty, husky, croaking, rasping, raspy, gravelly, growly, growling 1.1 Abrupt or taciturn in manner. 态度粗暴的，生硬的 penetrate a gruff exterior and you will find him affable 透过他相当生硬的外表，你会发现他实际是一个和蔼可亲的人。 Example sentencesExamples Katherine took a deep breath, but it was cut short by the muffling that a gruff hand over her mouth had caused. The core message seems to be that saving lives is still noble, and the people who do it best have hearts of gold, even if that heart is buried under a gruff exterior. They are gruff and surly beings, generally compared in nature to humans. The speaker was a gruff man, short and stout, with a raggedy moustache and a balding head. To his friends the Orc was gruff, even rude, but deep inside he was all bark and no bite. A gruff man with a short temper and a big voice, his shortcomings were as obvious as his merits were hidden. His personality is more surprising: the gruff, taciturn public image back home turns out to be a myth. I couldn't help laughing at his abrupt, gruff delivery of the estimate. It is his kind, if rather terse and gruff manner that has turned his shop into an excellent meeting place for people and ideas. His gruff manner always belied a kindness in him that all his close friends knew he had. But despite his gruff exterior, it's obvious that his time in student journalism meant something to him. Under the gruff exterior was a gentle and sensitive man with a generous spirit. His manner was gruff, and I could see his eyes were wet. And I met the man playing Baron Von Trapp, the gruff and grumpy Naval officer widower whose heart she melts. Erik's smile faded away quickly when three gruff looking men approached him. I responded nay, three times nay, though my manner had become rather gruff, and I was curt with them. He sounded gruff and short, though anyone looking at him could tell that he was worried about her. Thus McCarthy occasionally came across as gruff or grouchy in this World Cup and some reporters took delight in this. There is something old-fashioned in his manner which may explain why he excels as gruff authority figures and flinty men of the West. Just beneath his gruff exterior lies a gentle soul seeking to fill a spiritual void with companionship. Synonyms abrupt, brusque, curt, short, blunt, bluff, no-nonsense Origin Late 15th century (in the sense ‘coarse-grained’): from Flemish and Dutch grof ‘coarse, rude’, of West Germanic origin.
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