English-Thai Dictionary
gruff
ADJ(เสียง แหบ (เสียง ห้าว hoarse harsh rough heab
gruff
ADJ หุนหันพลันแล่น หยาบ brusque offhand polite hun-han-plan-laen
gruffly
ADV(เสียง แหบ (เสียง ห้าว hoarsely throatily heab
gruffness
N เสียง แหบ (เสียง ห้าว siang-heab
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
GRUFF
a.Of a rough or stern countenance; sour; surly; severe; rugged; harsh.
GRUFFLY
adv. Roughly; sternly; ruggedly; harshly. --And gruffly looked the god.
GRUFFNESS
n.Roughness of countenance; sternness.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
GRUF
Gruf, adv. Etym: [Cf. Grovel. ]
Defn: Forwards; with one's face to the ground. [Obs. ] They fellen gruf, and cryed piteously. Chaucer.
GRUFF
Gruff, a. [Compar. Gruffer (; superl. Gruffest.] Etym: [D. grof; akin to G. grob, OHG. gerob, grob, Dan. grov, Sw. grof, perh. akin to AS. rcófan to break, Z. reavc, rupture, g- standing for the AS. prefix ge-, Goth. ga-.]
Defn: 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.
New American Oxford Dictionary
gruff
gruff |grəf ɡrəf | ▶adjective abrupt or taciturn in manner: penetrate a gruff exterior and you will find him affable. • (of a voice ) rough and low in pitch: she spoke with a gruff, masculine voice. DERIVATIVES gruff ly adverb, gruff ness noun ORIGIN late 15th cent. (in the sense ‘coarse-grained ’): from Flemish and Dutch grof ‘coarse, rude, ’ of West Germanic origin.
Oxford Dictionary
gruff
gruff |grʌf | ▶adjective (of a voice ) rough and low in pitch: she spoke with a gruff, masculine voice. • abrupt or taciturn in manner: Robert's gruff, no-nonsense approach. DERIVATIVES gruffly adverb, gruffness noun ORIGIN late 15th cent. (in the sense ‘coarse-grained ’): from Flemish and Dutch grof ‘coarse, rude ’, of West Germanic origin.
American Oxford Thesaurus
gruff
gruff adjective 1 a gruff reply | his gruff exterior: abrupt, brusque, curt, short, blunt, bluff, no-nonsense; laconic, taciturn; surly, churlish, grumpy, crotchety, curmudgeonly, crabby, cross, bad-tempered, short-tempered, ill-natured, crusty, tetchy, bearish, ungracious, unceremonious; informal grouchy. ANTONYMS friendly, courteous. 2 a gruff voice: rough, guttural, throaty, gravelly, husky, croaking, rasping, raspy, growly, hoarse, harsh; low, thick. ANTONYMS mellow, soft. CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD See brusque . These notes show fine distinctions in meaning between closely related synonyms to help you find the best word.
Oxford Thesaurus
gruff
gruff adjective 1 a gruff reply | his gruff exterior hid a sensitive nature: abrupt, brusque, curt, short, blunt, bluff, no-nonsense; laconic, taciturn; surly, churlish, grumpy, crotchety, crabby, crabbed, cross, bad-tempered, short-tempered, ill-natured, crusty, tetchy, bearish, sullen, sour, uncivil, rude, unmannerly, impolite, discourteous, ungracious, unceremonious, offhand; informal grouchy, off, offish. ANTONYMS friendly; courteous. 2 a gruff male voice bade them enter: rough, hoarse, harsh, guttural, throaty, husky, croaking, rasping, raspy, gravelly, growly, growling; low, thick. ANTONYMS soft, mellow.
Duden Dictionary
Gruft
Gruft Substantiv, feminin gehoben , die |Gr u ft |die Gruft; Genitiv: der Gruft, Grüfte mittelhochdeutsch, althochdeutsch gruft, kruft, unter Einfluss von vulgärlateinisch crupta (Grotte ) zu althochdeutsch girophti = Graben a Gewölbe, besonders als Grabstätte; Krypta die Grüfte der Könige | in die Gruft (Krypta ) des Domes hinabsteigen b [offenes ] Grab den Sarg in die Gruft hinablassen
Grufti
Gruf ti Substantiv, maskulin Jugendsprache , der |Gr u fti |der Grufti; Genitiv: des Gruftis, Plural: die Gruftis 1 a Erwachsener, der in den Augen Jugendlicher bereits als alt angesehen wird für die Schüler sind selbst Junglehrer Gruftis b alter Mensch diese munteren Rentner wollen keine Gruftis sein 2 Jugendlicher, der schwarz gekleidet, mit schwarz gefärbtem Haar und weiß geschminktem Gesicht auftritt und (zusammen mit Gleichgesinnten ) besonders Friedhöfe als Versammlungsort wählt
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
gruff
gruff /ɡrʌf /形容詞 1 〈人 態度などが 〉荒々しい, 粗野な ; ぶっきらぼうな, 無愛想な .2 〈声が 〉しわがれた, どら声の .gr ú ff ly 副詞 ぶっきらぼうに .gr ú ff ness 名詞