Gruff
adjective
Having a rough and harsh sound or voice.
The teacher's gruff voice scared the new students.
adjective
Seeming rude or unfriendly.
His gruff manner makes him seem unapproachable.
noun
A rough sound.
I heard a gruff from the other room.
adjective
Having a rough and harsh sound or voice.
The teacher's gruff voice scared the new students.
adjective
Seeming rude or unfriendly.
His gruff manner makes him seem unapproachable.
noun
A rough sound.
I heard a gruff from the other room.
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Pro Tip 1/3Emotion Indicator
Gruff voice can signify annoyance or lack of patience, be mindful of the emotional context.
The manager's gruff response indicated his irritation with the question.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Angry
Someone's gruff voice might be their natural tone, not connected to their mood or manners.
Despite his gruff voice, the old man was actually very kind.
Pro Tip 3/3Indicative of Characters
In stories, a gruff voice often characterizes a person as tough or rugged.
The gruff pirate barked orders at his crew.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotion Indicator
Gruff voice can signify annoyance or lack of patience, be mindful of the emotional context.
The manager's gruff response indicated his irritation with the question.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Angry
Someone's gruff voice might be their natural tone, not connected to their mood or manners.
Despite his gruff voice, the old man was actually very kind.
Pro Tip 3/3Indicative of Characters
In stories, a gruff voice often characterizes a person as tough or rugged.
The gruff pirate barked orders at his crew.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotion Indicator
Gruff voice can signify annoyance or lack of patience, be mindful of the emotional context.
The manager's gruff response indicated his irritation with the question.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Angry
Someone's gruff voice might be their natural tone, not connected to their mood or manners.
Despite his gruff voice, the old man was actually very kind.
Pro Tip 3/3Indicative of Characters
In stories, a gruff voice often characterizes a person as tough or rugged.
The gruff pirate barked orders at his crew.
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Video examples
Are you a giver or a...
There are people who are gruff and tough on the surface but underneath have others' best interests at heart. Or as an engineer put it, "Oh, disagreeable givers -- like somebody with a bad user interface but a great operating system." If that helps you.
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New York Culture PIPE Sue...
gruff and they're they're not nice and but you know I didn't find that I found I could go shake people's hand and you know I found them very nice there were a few gruff people that I ran into but it wasn't I would not say it's a trait
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Why Do We Find Deadly...
fur with a distinctive white gruff around their necks and piercing yellowy orange eyes they have the second loudest call of any primate and use their long nimble tails to help them balance in the
Video examples
Are you a giver or a...
There are people who are gruff and tough on the surface but underneath have others' best interests at heart. Or as an engineer put it, "Oh, disagreeable givers -- like somebody with a bad user interface but a great operating system." If that helps you.
Video examples
New York Culture PIPE Sue...
gruff and they're they're not nice and but you know I didn't find that I found I could go shake people's hand and you know I found them very nice there were a few gruff people that I ran into but it wasn't I would not say it's a trait
Video examples
Why Do We Find Deadly...
fur with a distinctive white gruff around their necks and piercing yellowy orange eyes they have the second loudest call of any primate and use their long nimble tails to help them balance in the
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Quote examples
Craig Brown
English Critic
How I hate the Beautiful Game! I hate its cry-baby players and its gruff, joyless managers, its blokish supporters and its sinister owners, its whistle-peeping referees and its chippy little linesmen, its excitable commentators and - perhaps most of all - its unpluggable 'analysts.
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Kirk Gibson
American Athlete
There was a perception of me, and I earned it because I was really intense, really gruff. I treated certain people poorly at times. It was because of who I was. It was almost my strength. I came in all business. I tried to find ways to fit in with that demeanor, but it's not easy.
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Mike Farrell
American Actor
My father was a gruff Irishman who was unable to express feelings and always insisted we be tough. Being a parent, for me, means creating what I didn't have. I want my children to feel love and be able to express it.
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Benjamin Booker
American Musician
Blind Willie Johnson is a pretty big vocal influence. He can be very harsh, like gargly, gruff vocals, but also just slip into some very delicate, vulnerable soft stuff. I like that combination.
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Marianne Williamson
American Author
I have a gruff side. This is not exactly news... At the same time, anyone who wants to judge me for this can walk a mile in my moccasins. And then we'll talk.
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MaryJanice Davidson
American Author
I'm a sucker for the big, gruff, distant, emotionally closed-off hero who sloooowly warms up to the feisty, awesome, sweet heroine.
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Michael Cudlitz
American Actor
I don't know if I would be a good cop. As gruff as I come off, I take things very emotionally.
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Salman Rushdie
Indian Novelist
My grandmother was very fierce and gruff. She was quite small, but she was very wide.
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Charley Pride
American Musician
Redd Foxx was the same gruff old codger you saw on television.
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Brigitte Bardot
French Actress
I have a gruff character.
Quote examples
Craig Brown
English Critic
How I hate the Beautiful Game! I hate its cry-baby players and its gruff, joyless managers, its blokish supporters and its sinister owners, its whistle-peeping referees and its chippy little linesmen, its excitable commentators and - perhaps most of all - its unpluggable 'analysts.
Quote examples
Kirk Gibson
American Athlete
There was a perception of me, and I earned it because I was really intense, really gruff. I treated certain people poorly at times. It was because of who I was. It was almost my strength. I came in all business. I tried to find ways to fit in with that demeanor, but it's not easy.
Quote examples
Mike Farrell
American Actor
My father was a gruff Irishman who was unable to express feelings and always insisted we be tough. Being a parent, for me, means creating what I didn't have. I want my children to feel love and be able to express it.
Quote examples
Benjamin Booker
American Musician
Blind Willie Johnson is a pretty big vocal influence. He can be very harsh, like gargly, gruff vocals, but also just slip into some very delicate, vulnerable soft stuff. I like that combination.
Quote examples
Marianne Williamson
American Author
I have a gruff side. This is not exactly news... At the same time, anyone who wants to judge me for this can walk a mile in my moccasins. And then we'll talk.
Quote examples
MaryJanice Davidson
American Author
I'm a sucker for the big, gruff, distant, emotionally closed-off hero who sloooowly warms up to the feisty, awesome, sweet heroine.
Quote examples
Michael Cudlitz
American Actor
I don't know if I would be a good cop. As gruff as I come off, I take things very emotionally.
Quote examples
Salman Rushdie
Indian Novelist
My grandmother was very fierce and gruff. She was quite small, but she was very wide.
Quote examples
Charley Pride
American Musician
Redd Foxx was the same gruff old codger you saw on television.
Quote examples
Brigitte Bardot
French Actress
I have a gruff character.
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