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Meanings of gruffness in English

Catalan
brusquedat
Spanish
sequedad

An abrupt discourteous manner.

        brusquedat
        Portuguese
        rouquidão
        Spanish
        ronquera

        A throaty harshness.

              rouquidão
              Usage of gruffness in English
              1
              His gruffness and brevity disturbed me more than I cared to confess.
              A Far Country — Volume 1
              2
              To prove this he wilfully exaggerated his gruffness and curtness of manner.
              His Masterpiece
              3
              So tell me again, I said, attempting to simulate Dad's gruffness.
              The Great Book of Amber
              4
              He began to show a gruffness that she'd never seen in Sir Borenson.
              Chaosbound
              5
              The almost passionate tenderness and humanity which lay beneath his gruffness was undimmed.
              English Literature: Modern
              6
              The warder rose to his feet and resumed his official gruffness.
              In Clive's Command: A Story of the Fight for India
              7
              A Northumberland Fusilier exploded into words which expressed the gruffness of his comrades.
              The Great Boer War
              8
              The rough harbor-master changed his gruffness to smiles in an instant.
              Sir Nigel
              9
              She attributed his sudden gruffness to a distaste for hearing his exploits lauded.
              The Wheel O' Fortune
              10
              And Monnica, utterly confused by such praise, answered with affectionate gruffness:
              Saint Augustin
              11
              Robert is adrift, his gruffness a self-conscious front for frustration and zero self-esteem.
              Reuters
              12
              Their deportment was quiet and altogether unexceptionable,-norudeness, no gruffness, nothing of menace.
              Passages from the English Notebooks, Volume 1.
              13
              But Major Monkey did not let Mr. Crow's gruffness trouble him.
              The Tale of Major Monkey
              14
              He did not suspect that the unconscious gruffness of his tone had repulsed her.
              Clayhanger
              15
              Miss Howard blinked, and a new note crept into the gruffness of her voice.
              The Mysterious Affair at Styles
              16
              He was sorry for his gruffness, and took her hands:
              Jean-Christophe Journey's End
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              Translations for gruffness
              Portuguese
              rouquidão
              Gruffness through the time
              Gruffness across language varieties
              United Kingdom
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