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1
harsh and dry in sound
- she had a gruff speaking voice, but a surprisingly sweet singing voice
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2
harsh and threatening in manner or appearance
- I didn't exchange one word with the gruff mountaineer who sat next to me in the diner
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- fixed,
- hard,
- hardened,
- hardheaded,
- immovable,
- implacable,
- inflexible,
- ironhanded,
- mulish,
- obdurate,
- obstinate,
- rigid,
- self-willed,
- set,
- stiff,
- stubborn,
- unbending,
- uncompromising,
- unrelenting,
- unyielding,
- willful
- (or wilful)
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The first known use of gruff was in 1691
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