Adjective:

కఠినమైన, అవాంఛనీయతను, బొంగురుపోయిన,

gruff's Usage Examples:

fronted by John Kay"s gruff voice "complaining that a woman was being objectified for sex.

others and has a gruff bite to it that is only amplified by the cheap dictaphones used to record many of his parts.

Telegraph said "Ma was played with hilarious gruffness and rolling pin obduracy by Wendi Peters.

"His voice has been with me often since those days – that gruffish deep affectionate monosyllabic way he used to talk to you .

The Irish Times placed them at number thirty-seven in a list of The 50 Best Irish Acts Right Now published in April 2009, referring to them as one of Ireland's most original bands led by the gruff singer with the extraordinary soul voice [.

action, and he goes on to say how the animation could be bolder, the voices gruffer and the sound more stirring but that overall the film is better than other.

" of your damned business", Mulholland answered gruffly, without looking up.

Anne-Marie"s "soft, melodic tones are contrasted nicely" with Joey Badass" "gruffer, deeper delivery".

"He sings in an assured, rhythmic voice that has taken on a certain gruffness since the early days of Koerner, Ray " Glover more than 30 years ago,.

Seventies (1981), Robert Christgau wrote: "If Young"s voice weren"t as gruffly workaday as his guitar, he might be a threat—he"s got a knack for the blues.

Toots: The oldest student at Dr Blimber"s school, "possessed of the gruffest of voices and the shrillest of minds", something of a dandy ("people did.

On the 1934 recordings, McFarland played the piano and sang in a gruffer, deeper voice than before, and was accompanied by Peetie Wheatstraw on.

Armstrong and began words with a "gruffness" to lend her vocal lines forcefulness and personality.

Synonyms:

ill-humoured, curmudgeonly, crusty, ill-natured, ill-humored,

Antonyms:

agreeable, good-humored, kind, placid, good-natured,