Gruff

What do we mean by gruff?

Brusque or stern in manner or appearance. adjective

Hoarse; harsh. adjective

Crude or impure saltpeter, as imported from India. noun

In mining, a pit or shaft. noun

Rough or stern in manner, voice, or countenance; surly; severe; harsh.

In pharmacy, the coarse residue which will not pass through the sieve in pulverization. noun

Of a rough or stern manner, voice, or countenance; sour; surly; severe; harsh. adjective

Having a rough, surly, or harsh nature. adjective

Hoarse voiced. adjective

Brusque and surly and forbidding adjective

Deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion adjective

To speak gruffly.

Gruff: (N) The prickly facial hair on a male human. Often makes a male appear more mature than he actually is. Is greatly appreciated in many cultures, and seen as an attractive "boost". Urban Dictionary

Cool, awesome, tight, groovy Urban Dictionary

The word gruff describes a particualar type of grim muff therefore gruff Urban Dictionary

In a lesbian relationship, the dominant character or 'male' is the gruff. Urban Dictionary

When playing Tiger Woods golf and you hit your ball in the grass and the rough. Urban Dictionary

Gruff is a term for pubic hair. Mostly for men. Urban Dictionary

Passive wrongness Urban Dictionary

Old ladies pubic hair- from the terms muff and gray. Urban Dictionary

A term used to describe female facial hair. Usually occures on an old biddy. Looks like a cross between pubes, lint and bumfluff. If not removed, often initiates name calling or being mistaken for a man, and could become tangled to ass hair during those intimate moments. Urban Dictionary

According to girls (Elana) Gruff is the term used for a man who is rugged in terms of appearance or behaviour. An attractive feature. Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to gruff:
gruff, ruff, guff, griff, bruff, graff, groff, gruf, truff, gruft.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word gruff:
rhys, furry, raspy, demeanor, lovable, shampoo, cockney, menacing, sarcastic, exterior, fairy, baritone, lex, neon, accent, sounding, voice, cop, reply, loving, hey, dresden, rings, tones, humor, instrumentation, rough, manner, venus, personality, lou, vocal, tough, detective, tale, witch, attitude, sergeant, lyrics, talking, delivery, loyal, super, tales, aggressive, animals, voiced, rap, boss, singing, welsh, constantly, jimmy, violent, punk, backing, guitar, perfect, warm, kids, apparent, wolf, tone, eyes, videos, bit, sang, friendly, respect, soft, dogs, man, clean, appearing, portrayed, mix, drums, sense, somewhat, soldier, soul.

Words that rhyme with gruff:
tough, buff, stuff, rough, enough, slough, bluff, puff, cuff, rebuff, huff, snuff, duff, fluff, ruff, scuff, scruff, muff, tuff, guff, chuff, luff, foodstuff, hough, earmuff, spliff, handcuff, sluff, stough, bruff, ruffe, fisticuff, cluff, macduff, dyestuff, off the cuff, ruf, pluff, overstuff, knuff, shruff, shuff, mcduff, cream puff, acuff, sure enough, good enough, hot stuff, marshmallow fluff, in the buff, leboeuf, oddly enough, neck ruff, schuff, cuffe, get tough, sob stuff, soon enough, well enough, strangely enough, scottsbluff, small stuff, real stuff, create from raw stuff, trouser cuff, curiously enough, interestingly enough, goodnough, mcgough, dayhuff, lebouef, mcgeough, petstuff, piedboeuf, vakuf.

Adjectives that are often used to describe gruff:
little, second, big, old, youngest, tiniest, goat, usual, sized, real, third, biggest, victorious, occasional.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective gruff:
voice, man, manner, tone, exterior, way, voices, reply, tones, laugh, words, answer, fellow, whisper, bark, response, sound, command, order, demeanor, sort, ness, doctor, word, soldier, father, manners, accent, gentleman, style, captain, kindness, greeting, chuckle, bear, affection, personality, growl, guy, monosyllables, commands, tenderness, attitude, shout, humor, sergeant, orders, laughter, officer, talk, fashion, bass, goods, rejoinder, noise, answers, sailor, comment, appearance, husband, impatience, retort, undertone, refusal, grunt, creature, sounds, individual, seaman, remark, barks, veteran, demand, shouts, note, roar, thanks, baritone, replies, kindliness, facade, speech, soliloquy, boss, challenge, general, inquiry.

Consonant match to gruff:
grief, graph, graf, griff, griffe, graff, greif, groff, graef, graaf, grefe, graeff, graefe, grafe, greff, greiff.

Words that sound like gruff:
gruff, gruf, griff, grif, griffe, grief, graph, greif, graff, graf, groff, gref, graef, graphe, grefe, grof, graeff, graaf, graefe, -graph, gra, graphy, guff, grapher, guf, cref, gruffy, gruffer, grf, -graphy, gfe, agraffe, crif, gruft, craf, cherif, orif, gif, griffey, grift, giff, griffy, grith, griffo, griffie, grev, griffes, grilf, griffa, grothe, grave, grey, gray, grew, grieve, goof, gree, gras, graphs, graft, gaff, gaffe, greave, gof, gro, graw, goff, gough, grie, grav, groe, grae, griefs, gaf, graphed, gri, grive, greve, greeve, grau, grah, griefer, grewe, graith, graue, grai, graffer, gafe, greith, geef, gareau, grawe, grei, grifo, goaf, graeae, goffe, agrafe, gouf, -grave.