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gruff

/gruhf/US // grʌf //UK // (ɡrʌf) //

粗糙的,粗鲁的,粗暴的,粗糙的声音

Related Words

dour艰难的,忧郁的,艰涩的,忧郁的人crusty硬壳,硬壳的,硬皮,结壳的offhand大手大脚,大大咧咧,大大咧咧的,大手大脚的brusque粗鲁的,粗鲁,蛮横的,粗糙的surly糜烂的,糜烂,奇怪的是,汹涌澎湃boisterous闹哄哄的,沸腾的,闹哄哄,喧闹的grumpy脾气暴躁的,脾气坏的,脾气不好的,暴躁的blunt直言不讳,直率的,钝的,直率nasty讨厌的,讨厌的人,龌龊,恶劣的throaty悸动,袅袅婷婷,悸动的,喉咙痛abrupt突然的,骤然,突然,突发boorish粗野的,粗鲁的,粗犷的,粗野的人churlish厚颜无耻,无聊,无礼,无礼的crabby倔强的,倔强,倔强的人,螃蟹crude粗略的,粗鲁的,粗陋的,粗略curt咖特,遏制,遏止,凝视discourteous不礼貌,不礼貌的,不客气,不礼貌的人fierce猛烈的,激烈的,猛烈,凶猛grouchy焦躁不安,忧郁的,脾气暴躁的,焦躁不安的ill-natured心术不正,性格恶劣的,性格恶劣,性格恶劣的人

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    gruff·er, gruff·est.

    • : low and harsh; hoarse: a gruff voice.
    • : rough, brusque, or surly: a gruff manner.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.bad-tempered, rude
Synonyms
blunt直言不讳,直率的,钝的,直率boisterous闹哄哄的,沸腾的,闹哄哄,喧闹的brusque粗鲁的,粗鲁,蛮横的,粗糙的crusty硬壳,硬壳的,硬皮,结壳的dour艰难的,忧郁的,艰涩的,忧郁的人grumpy脾气暴躁的,脾气坏的,脾气不好的,暴躁的nasty讨厌的,讨厌的人,龌龊,恶劣的offhand大手大脚,大大咧咧,大大咧咧的,大手大脚的surly糜烂的,糜烂,奇怪的是,汹涌澎湃abrupt突然的,骤然,突然,突发bearish看跌,看跌的,看跌期权,看衰boorish粗野的,粗鲁的,粗犷的,粗野的人churlish厚颜无耻,无聊,无礼,无礼的crabbed贪婪的,贪得无厌,贪婪,贪污crabby倔强的,倔强,倔强的人,螃蟹crude粗略的,粗鲁的,粗陋的,粗略curt咖特,遏制,遏止,凝视discourteous不礼貌,不礼貌的,不客气,不礼貌的人fierce猛烈的,激烈的,猛烈,凶猛grouchy焦躁不安,忧郁的,脾气暴躁的,焦躁不安的ill-natured心术不正,性格恶劣的,性格恶劣,性格恶劣的人impolite不礼貌的,不客气的,不客气,不礼貌morose丧气,丧气的,悲观的,忧郁的rough粗略,粗略的,粗略的说,粗暴saturnine卫星人,卫星,卫星网,卫星导航short短期,短期的,短暂的,短暂snappy蹩脚的,爽快的,爽快,蹩脚snippy嗅觉灵敏,嗅觉,嗅觉敏锐,嗅觉灵敏的sour酸性的,酸溜溜的,酸味的,酸性sullen愠怒,闷闷不乐,忧郁的,哭丧着脸truculent气势汹汹,气势汹汹的,气势磅礴,气势汹汹的人uncivil不文明,不文明的,不公,不文明行为ungracious无礼,毫无风度,无礼的,不礼貌的unmannerly不端庄,不修边幅,不端庄的,不雅观
adj.rasping in sound
Synonyms
throaty悸动,袅袅婷婷,悸动的,喉咙痛cracked有裂纹的,破损的,裂纹的,裂缝的croaking呱呱叫,呱呱坠地,呱呱叫声,呱呱声croaky呱呱叫,歪嘴,歪歪扭扭,歪歪扭扭的grating栅栏,栅格,篦子,栅极guttural口齿不清,喉音,咕嘟声,咕哝声harsh严厉的,苛刻的,严酷的,严厉hoarse嘶哑的声音,嘶哑,嘶哑的,沙哑的声音husky沙哑的,粗壮的,沙哑,粗壮low低,低的,低位,低级rough粗略,粗略的,粗略的说,粗暴

Examples

  • Close, a gruff iconoclast and minimalist who created Photorealist portraits across five decades, died on Thursday in New York at 81.

  • Lindell appears in those ads to hype his pillows with Billy Mays levels of gruff enthusiasm.

  • To the hordes who wanted time with Lincoln, the gruff and efficient Nicolay was the “grim enforcer.”

  • We needed him to be wary, absorbed, and a little bit gruff, and he gamely complied, thereby furthering his own self-made legend.

  • Bichir manages to be gruff but sensitive, honest yet mysterious, making Ruiz a mix of righteousness and compassion.

  • Kevin Whately has been playing gruff, sensible detective Robbie Lewis on ‘Morse’ and ‘Lewis’ for 26 years.

  • He has played the gruff detective from 1987 to 2000 on Morse and from 2006 to the present on Inspector Lewis.

  • As they were passing a place where the bushes grew thickly by the side of the road, they received a gruff command to halt.

  • The fact was that Benny himself did not know why he liked this stranger who was so gruff at times and so pleasant at others.

  • Even the gruff, grumpy, unsociable rhinoceros amiably allowed him to stroke its head with his trunk.

  • He spoke angrily, and no longer in a low tone, but gruff and loud enough to be heard some distance away.

  • "Salam Aliekoom," said a gruff voice, as a man with Peer Khan entered the tent.

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