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gruff
Overview of adj gruff
The adj gruff has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (1) crusty, curmudgeonly, gruff, ill-humored, ill-humoured -- (brusque and surly and forbidding; "crusty remarks"; "a crusty old man"; "his curmudgeonly temper"; "gruff manner"; "a gruff reply")
2. (1) gruff, hoarse, husky -- (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)
Grep of noun gruff
gruffness
Antonyms of adj gruff
2 senses of gruff
Sense 1
crusty, curmudgeonly, gruff, ill-humored, ill-humoured
INDIRECT (VIA ill-natured) -> good-natured
Sense 2
gruff, hoarse, husky
INDIRECT (VIA cacophonous) -> euphonious, euphonous
Similarity of adj gruff
2 senses of gruff
Sense 1
crusty, curmudgeonly, gruff, ill-humored, ill-humoured
=> ill-natured (vs. good-natured)
Sense 2
gruff, hoarse, husky
=> cacophonous (vs. euphonious), cacophonic
Pertainyms of adj gruff
Attributes of adj gruff
Domain of adj gruff
Domain Terms of adj gruff
Familiarity of adj gruff
gruff used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count =2)
Grep of adj gruff
gruff
Grep of adv gruff
gruffly
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