meaning of gruff

1. Of a rough or stern manner, voice, or countenance; sour; surly; severe; harsh.
2.
deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion; "gruff voices"; "the dogs gruff barking"; "hoarse cries"; "makes all the instruments sound powerful but husky"- Virgil Thomson


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