Gruff : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Gruff	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Gruff
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gruff adj brusque and surly and forbidding; "crusty remarks"; "a crusty old man"; "his curmudgeonly temper"; "gruff manner"; "a gruff reply" Synonym(s): crusty, curmudgeonly, gruff, ill-humored, ill-humoured 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 Synonym(s): gruff, hoarse, husky
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gruff \Gruff\, a. [Compar. {Gruffer}; superl. {Gruffest}.] [D. grof; akin to G. grob, OHG. gerob, grob, Dan. grov, Sw. grof, perh. akin to AS. rc[a2]fan to break, Z. reavc, rupture, g- standing for the AS. prefix ge-, Goth. ga-.] Of a rough or stern manner, voice, or countenance; sour; surly; severe; harsh. --Addison. Gruff, disagreeable, sarcastic remarks. --Thackeray. -- {Gruff"ly}, adv. -- {Gruff"ness}, n.