gruff

Meanings

• brusque and surly and forbidding;
• "gruff manner"
• "a gruff reply"
• deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion; - Virgil Thomson
• "gruff voices"
• "the dog's gruff barking"
• GRUFF adj GRUFFER, GRUFFEST low and harsh in speech
• GRUFF v -ED, -ING, -S to utter in a gruff voice

Synonyms

• crusty
• curmudgeonly
• ill-humored
• ill-humoured
• hoarse
• husky

Scrabble Score: 12

gruff is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word

gruff is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary

gruff is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

gruff is a valid Words With Friends word

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