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English Synonyms: more detail...
- gruffness:
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gruff:
- huffy; grumpy; touchy; cross-grained; thin-skinned; grim; stern; sullen; gruff; surly; cantankerous; rigid; nagging; crabbed; crusty; sulky; peevish; stiff; moody; bad-tempered; hoarse; husky; ill-humoured; curmudgeonly; ill-humored
- harsh; rough; grim; gruff
English
Detailed Synonyms for gruffness in English
gruffness:
gruffness [the ~] noun
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the gruffness
– an abrupt discourteous manner 1the shortness; the curtness; the brusqueness; the gruffness; the abruptness– an abrupt discourteous manner 1 -
the gruffness
– a throaty harshness 1
Alternate Synonyms for "gruffness":
Related Definitions for "gruffness":
gruff:
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gruff
huffy; grumpy; touchy; cross-grained; thin-skinned; grim; stern; sullen; gruff; surly-
huffy adj
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grumpy adj
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touchy adj
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cross-grained adj
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thin-skinned adj
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grim adj
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stern adj
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sullen adj
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gruff adj
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surly adj
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gruff
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gruff
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gruff
– deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion 1 -
gruff
– brusque and surly and forbidding 1gruff; crusty; ill-humoured; curmudgeonly; ill-humored– brusque and surly and forbidding 1-
gruff adj
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crusty adj
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curmudgeonly adj
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