gruff

Adjective
  1. Brusque and surly and forbidding (synset 301140500)
    "crusty remarks"; "a crusty old man"; "his curmudgeonly temper"; "gruff manner"; "a gruff reply"
    similar to: ill-natured - having an irritable and unpleasant disposition
    same as: crusty, curmudgeonly, ill-humored, ill-humoured
  2. Deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion (synset 300300556)
    "gruff voices"; "the dog's gruff barking"; "hoarse cries"; "makes all the instruments sound powerful but husky"
    similar to: cacophonic, cacophonous - having an unpleasant sound
    same as: hoarse, husky

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