1. Gruff demeanour.

2. His voice became gruff.

3. A voice that is gruff.

4. His manner can be rather gruff.

5. He could be gruff and monosyllabic.

6. Beneath the gruff exterior, you're a sap.

7. Bill's voice was thick and gruff. Sentencedict.com

8. And when he wept he was not gruff.

9. "If you must, " came the gruff reply.

10. A gruff male voice bade them enter.

11. He was kind of gruff and all.

12. His gruff hoarse voice struck my ears.

13. He hid his feelings behind a gruff abruptness.

14. Dad can be gruff and impatient at times.

15. He's quite a sweet man beneath the gruff exterior.

16. Belle finds a sweet soul behind his gruff exterior.

17. Beneath his gruff exterior, he's really very kind-hearted.

18. Near synonyms for Brusque are curt, short, and gruff.

19. 5 synonyms for Croaking: croaky, gruff, hoarse, husky, croak

20. 5 synonyms for Croaky: croaking, gruff, hoarse, husky, guttural

21. Behind his gruff exterior, she finds a sweet soul.

22. His gruff exterior concealed one of the kindest hearts.

23. 4 synonyms for Curmudgeonly: gruff, ill-humored, ill-humoured, crusty

24. Despite his gruff demeanor, Garfield actually cares for his men.

25. Young ingenue doctor falling in love with gruff, older mentor-

26. 2 Beneath his gruff exterior, he's really very kind-hearted.

27. He picked up the phone expecting to hear the chairman's gruff voice.

28. Cathy's mother had been a martyr to her gruff, domineering husband.

29. Don't beput off by his gruff exterior; he's really very kind underneath.

30. He has a gruff attitude, but is in fact a very kind person.

31. Some common synonyms of Curt are bluff, blunt, brusque, crusty, and gruff

32. Croak out To say something in a low, gruff, possibly emotional voice

33. Croak out To say something in a low, gruff, possibly emotional voice

34. Hatecore, as the music is known, is gruff, loud and guitar-driven.

35. He muttered gruff compliments and showed his student how to prepare a palette.

36. The actor gives his usual gruff delivery, meant to convince us he's honest.

37. I hope there ain't, but I't'Nation sure of that'said the guard, in gruff soliloquy.

38. Higashi is a rough and gruff individual who is at times very head-strong.

39. Gruff and inordinately self-reliant, Gordon was highly conservative in attitude, theology, and lifestyle.

40. He stared up at the gruff old man who was so kind to him.

41. Synonyms for Croaky include hoarse, gruff, husky, rasping, croaking, throaty, gravelly, grating, raspy and coarse

42. The victim said he stood out because of his short size and deep, gruff voice.

43. 25 synonyms for Brusque: curt, short, sharp, blunt, tart, abrupt, hasty, terse, surly, gruff, impolite

44. Synonyms for Brusque include curt, blunt, abrupt, short, gruff, snappy, crusty, snappish, rude and surly

45. He heard a man's gruff voice and a loud slap, followed by familiar lilting laughter.

46. 'S Reign of Fire saw him move from inflammatory hard dancehall towards gruff, judgemental roots music.

47. 14 Critics describe a Garbo deep gruff voice like the Alto, with incredible arias like magic.

48. Biff is a construction worker on Sesame Street who speaks with a gruff New York accent

49. 5 Soon the middle Billy Goat Gruff came across the bridge with a louder trip-trap sound.

50. Bulchin Tribe Immune: 7 Banner-8 JD-9 Hurricane-10 Gruff-11 Gruff-12 Joe-13 Uranus-14 Steve: Joe, Steve, Uranus: 15 Joe: Individual Immunity: 16 Jacob: Jacob, Michelle, Nima: Voted Off, Day 37: Voted for Sole Survivor Jacob

51. There are people who are gruff and tough on the surface but underneath have others' best interests at heart.

52. “‘Well,’ said a gruff old member, ‘we’re not going to have any teetotalers [or nondrinkers] in our group.’

53. Robin first time met Quinn, a gruff, rough-hewn cargo pilot, when she was look for the charter plane.

54. Olowofoyeku Bewitches as the delightfully gruff and straightforward Abishola, a hardworking woman who has been estranged from her husband …

55. He alarmed us as children: he had a gruff manner, a game leg and a pronounced cast in one eye.

56. A lonely and gruff soul, Glam was exceedingly ugly with rough hair and skin, though very loyal to his employer.

57. The diminutive Rachel Cartwright is the Bossiest Billy, or should that be nanny, playing the youngest and smartest goat gruff

58. Bork presented his positions, controversial as they were on the substance, in a gruff and standoffish manner, lecturing rather than having a conversation

59. How is the word Crusty distinct from other similar adjectives? Some common synonyms of Crusty are bluff, blunt, brusque, curt, and gruff

60. She is Deputy Headmistress, and Head of Gryffindor House and, according to the author, "under that gruff exterior" is "a bit of an old softy".

61. Gruff and ready for a traditional New Year laugh; REVIEW Bus drivers are the Bossiest of road users, according to a new study of driving habits.

62. / bɪˈlɑɪ / present participle belying past tense and past participle Belied to represent something falsely or to hide something: His gruff manner Belied a gentle personality

63. Curmudgeonly: 1 adj brusque and surly and forbidding “his Curmudgeonly temper” Synonyms: crusty , gruff , ill-humored , ill-humoured ill-natured having an irritable and unpleasant disposition

64. View in context Fischer stood beaming Benevolently and drinking deep of the astonishment and ecstasy of the girl, the grim admiration and gruff thanks of the

65. Though he may not have held the most impressive win-loss record in WWE history, The Brooklyn Brawler’s gruff personality and his longevity endeared him to generations of

66. “If you thought of adjectives to describe Adams, certainly you would think of words like Captious, contrary, gruff, egotistical, short-tempered, whatever.” But, he says, many people liked

67. With his bulldog face, barrel chest (which earned him the nickname Chesty), gruff voice, and common touch, Puller became—and has remained—the epitome of the Marine combat officer.

68. Some common synonyms of Brusque are bluff, blunt, crusty, curt, and gruff. While all these words mean "abrupt and unceremonious in speech and manner," Brusque applies to …

69. Synonyms of “Croaky” Using a synonym can be a good alternative for using “Croaky”. You might be able to find more answers by using these: grating, gravelly, gruff, guttural, harsh, hoarse, husky, rasping, raucous and throaty.

70. A second British dialectal Chuff has an opposite meaning, "displeased, gruff" (1832), from Chuff "rude fellow," or, as Johnson has it, "a coarse, fat-headed, blunt clown" (mid-15c.), which is of unknown origin.

71. “Bawlers” offers the gruff-and-humble side to the Waits’s persona with songs that ruminate on spring and taking “the long way home.” These barroom ballads find the singer at his most masterly, tweaking sounds from 60 years ago with a modern stylishness we’ve all come to know.

72. Bloodsport vs End Game: Bloodsport by KO 1m10s: 2020: Episode 508: Bloodsport vs Chronos: Bloodsport by JD: 2020: Episode 512: Bloodsport vs Gruff: Bloodsport by JD: 2020: Episode 513: Bloodsport vs Tantrum: Tantrum by JD: 2019: Episode 5: Black Dragon vs Bloodsport: Black Dragon by KO 1m6s: 2019: Episode 13: Bloodsport vs The Four Horseman

73. Bloodsport vs End Game: Bloodsport by KO 1m10s: 2020: Episode 508: Bloodsport vs Chronos: Bloodsport by JD: 2020: Episode 512: Bloodsport vs Gruff: Bloodsport by JD: 2020: Episode 513: Bloodsport vs Tantrum: Tantrum by JD: 2019: Episode 5: Black Dragon vs Bloodsport: Black Dragon by KO 1m6s: 2019: Episode 13: Bloodsport vs The Four Horseman

74. Curmudgeon Add to list Share Old, cranky, and more than a little stubborn, a Curmudgeon is the gruff, grey-haired neighbor who refuses to hand out candy at Halloween and shoos away holiday carolers with a "bah humbug!" As fickle and stubborn as the type of person it describes, Curmudgeon comes to us without a history, its origins undisclosed.