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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
Synonyms
Examples for "hoarseness"
Examples for "hoarseness"
1
Afterwards my wife Sheila said: There was a hoarseness in your voice.
The Irish Times
2
I've got a hoarseness and wheezing and sneezing and coughing and choking.
The Life of John Ruskin
3
One to two tablets everyone to three hours when hoarseness is present.
Mother's Remedies / Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies ...
4
Something arose in David's throat, bringing a certain hoarseness to his voice.
The Rose in the Ring
5
One patient in the series presented with hoarseness and is described in detail.
Pubmed
1
There was a singular huskiness in his voice as he spoke again.
The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce — Volume 2: In the Midst o...
2
Her hands trembled on the gun and her voice shook into huskiness.
A Pagan of the Hills
3
Mrs. Lee's voice was low, and had in it a slight huskiness.
Choice Readings for the Home Circle
4
Otto coughed and said with a confidential huskiness in his voice:
Laughter in the dark
5
When he did speak there was a trace of huskiness in his voice.
Mrs. Red Pepper
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
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