Synonym: blunt, brusque, coarse, curt, deep, harsh, husky, rough, rude, unfriendly. Similar words: gruffly, ruffle, dandruff, scruffy, ruffian, unruffled, grub, grue. Meaning: [grʌf] 
adj. 1. brusque and surly and forbidding 2. deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion.
adj. 1. brusque and surly and forbidding 2. deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion. 
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(1) "If you must, " came the gruff reply.
(2) His manner can be rather gruff.
(3) Bill's voice was thick and gruff. Sentencedict.com
(4) He's quite a sweet man beneath the gruff exterior.
(5) He could be gruff and monosyllabic.
(6) He hid his feelings behind a gruff abruptness.
(7) Beneath his gruff exterior, he's really very kind-hearted.
(8) His gruff exterior concealed one of the kindest hearts.
(9) His gruff hoarse voice struck my ears.
(10) Don't beput off by his gruff exterior; he's really very kind underneath.
(11) His voice became gruff.
(12) A gruff voice commanded us to enter.
(13) Belle finds a sweet soul behind his gruff exterior.
(14) He was kind of gruff and all.
(15) And when he wept he was not gruff.
(16) Behind his gruff exterior, she finds a sweet soul.
(17) A gruff male voice bade them enter.
(18) Dad can be gruff and impatient at times.
(19) Hatecore, as the music is known, is gruff, loud and guitar-driven.
(20) He heard a man's gruff voice and a loud slap, followed by familiar lilting laughter.
(21) The actor gives his usual gruff delivery, meant to convince us he's honest.
(22) Gruff and inordinately self-reliant, Gordon was highly conservative in attitude, theology, and lifestyle.
(23) He muttered gruff compliments and showed his student how to prepare a palette.
(24) He stared up at the gruff old man who was so kind to him.
(25) Cathy's mother had been a martyr to her gruff, domineering husband.
(26) A lonely and gruff soul, Glam was exceedingly ugly with rough hair and skin, though very loyal to his employer.
(27) You listen to his gruff voice giving orders to his crew as they row him out to his ketch.
(28) He alarmed us as children: he had a gruff manner, a game leg and a pronounced cast in one eye.
(29) He picked up the phone expecting to hear the chairman's gruff voice.
(30) The victim said he stood out because of his short size and deep, gruff voice.
More similar words: gruffly, ruffle, dandruff, scruffy, ruffian, unruffled, grub, grue, grunt, grubby, grumpy, grunge, grudge, grumble, gruesome, grueling, begrudge, congruous, gruelling, grumbling, congruent, incongruity, incongruous, grudgingly, in the long run, disgruntled, guff, muff, cuff, buff.