gruff
/ɡrʌf/
US pronunciation
American sound/ɡrʌf/
gruff
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Stress
- One strong syllable
- Vowel
- Short u vowel
- Ending
- Clear final sound
US voice -> gruff
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bad-tempered, grumpy, crotchety, brusque, curt, snippy, stern, crusty, abrupt, angry, bearish, blunt, boisterous, boorish, churlish, crabbed, crabby, cracked, croaking, croaky, crude, deep, discourteous, dour, fierce, grating, gravelly, grouchy, guttural, harsh, hoarse, husky, ill-natured, impatient, impolite, low, morose, nasty, offhand, rasping, rough, rude, saturnine, short, snappy, sour, sullen, surly, thick, throaty, truculent, uncivil, ungracious, unmannerly
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