gruff

Words with a similar base: gruff

'gruff'

[crusty.s.02] as in: brusque and surly and forbidding

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Examples:
crusty remarks
a crusty old man
his curmudgeonly temper
gruff manner
a gruff reply

'gruff'

[gruff.s.02] as in: deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion; ; ; ; - Virgil Thomson

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Examples:
gruff voices
the dog's gruff barking
hoarse cries
makes all the instruments sound powerful but husky