gruff


Meanings

  • brusque and surly and forbidding;
    • "gruff manner"
    • "a gruff reply"
  • deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion; - Virgil Thomson
    • "gruff voices"
    • "the dog's gruff barking"
  • GRUFF adj GRUFFER, GRUFFEST low and harsh in speech
  • GRUFF v -ED, -ING, -S to utter in a gruff voice


Scrabble Score: 12

gruff is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word

gruff is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary

gruff is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary


Words With Friends Score: 14

gruff is a valid Words With Friends word