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English to English adjective
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Of a rough or stern manner, voice, or countenance; sour; surly; severe; harsh. |  | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
| 2 |
brusque and surly and forbidding | | Example: crusty remarks
a crusty old man
his curmudgeonly temper
gruff manner
a gruff reply
source: wordnet30
| 3 |
deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion | | Example: gruff voices
the dog's gruff barking
hoarse cries
makes all the instruments sound powerful but husky
source: wordnet30
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