gruff
/ɡɹʌf/ adjetivo C2En español: áspero, fosco, hosco, ronco
- having a rough, surly, and harsh demeanor and nature.
- hoarse-voiced. · a gruff woman
- hoarse. · a gruff voice
Comparativo gruffer · Superlativo gruffest
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He was a thin, gruff, bespectacled man of middle age, his cheeks haggard, and his hands twitching from the nervous strain to which he had been subjected.
This time I had a reply, short and gruff.
“Well, I’ve a conscience, sir, and when I chanced to see you go into this house, as I came hobbling after you, I thought to myself, I’ll just step in and see that kind gentleman, and tell him that if I was a bit gruff in my manner there was not any harm meant, and that I am much obliged to him for picking up my books.”
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