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gruff

gruff is a 5-letter English word with 3 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Of a rough or stern manner, voice, or countenance; sour; surly; severe; harsh. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 14 · 3 senses

Definitions

  1. 1superlative

    Of a rough or stern manner, voice, or countenance; sour; surly; severe; harsh.

  2. 2adjective

    deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion- Virgil Thomson

    "gruff voices"

    "the dog's gruff barking"

    Synonyms

    hoarsehusky
  3. 3adjective

    brusque and surly and forbidding

    "crusty remarks"

    "a crusty old man"

    Synonyms

    crustycurmudgeonly

Synonyms

hoarsehuskycrustycurmudgeonly

Common word forms

gruffsgruffedgruffergrufflygruffestgruffinggruffness

Words from these letters

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