Synonyms for gruff
- adjective
All synonyms
Adjective
1. Brusque — hoarse
brusque, morose, crusty informal, hoarse, surly, sullen, curmudgeonly, husky, stern, harsh, rude, rough, blunt, ill-natured, ungracious, coarse, churlish, ill-humored, uncivil, ill-humoured, bluff, bearish
Other
Definitions
- adj. 1
hoarse.
Related words
- Word family
- gruffness
Example sentences
- surly The food was horrible, and the waiter, surly.
- hoarse Tom was hoarse from yelling at the football match.
- brusque I was a little brusque with you before.
By length
- 4 letters
- rude1
- 5 letters
- rough1, harsh1, stern1, blunt1, bluff1, husky2, surly2
- 6 letters
- coarse1, crusty2, hoarse1, sullen2, morose2
- 7 letters
- bearish2, brusque1, boorish2, uncivil3
- 8 letters
- churlish2
- 10 letters
- ungracious
- 12 letters
- curmudgeonly
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (husky2 = 2 syllables).