gruff

Definitions


[ɡrʌf], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- (of a voice) rough and low in pitch
(e.g: she spoke with a gruff, masculine voice)


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Origin:
late 15th century (in the sense ‘coarse-grained’): from Flemish and Dutch grof ‘coarse, rude’, of West Germanic origin




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