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Significados de gruff en inglés

Brusque and surly and forbidding.

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

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Examples for "hoarse"
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At last he gasped forth in the hoarse whisper of mortal terror:
How Deacon Tubman and Parson Whitney Kept New Year's / And Other...
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His voice is husky and hoarse, almost impossible for them to understand.
Black house
3
His hoarse voice broke the hush; he said to the young man:
O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1920
4
The great stands were hoarse with shouting; for here ended the game.
The Half-Back: A Story of School, Football, and Golf
5
In the air far above he heard the hoarse cries of sea-gulls.
Lost in the Fog
1
Yet even taking that into account, her voice today sounds pretty husky.
The Irish Times
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I'm sure they'd be glad to have you, the husky voice said.
Moonfall
3
The lambs said most; and the sheep agreed with a husky croak.
An Englishwoman's Love-Letters
4
Señora Barenna was chattering in her deep husky tones immediately behind them.
In Kedar's Tents
5
His voice is husky and hoarse, almost impossible for them to understand.
Black house
Uso de gruff en inglés
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The tones were gruff, and almost Indian-like in the brevity of expression.
The Story of the Foss River Ranch: A Tale of the Northwest
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Nevertheless, in spite of himself, he went on in a gruff voice:
The Teeth of the Tiger
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His gruff voice was the one I'd heard talking with Luke earlier.
The Sea of Monsters
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His voice was gruff, his manner professional, and the news was bad.
Man in the Middle
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When he was within talking distance he said in a gruff voice:
A Bid for Fortune; Or, Dr. Nikola's Vendetta
6
He was gruff, but his loyalty to Beauvoir was clear and unequivocal.
Once bitten, twice dead
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It was Leverage who brought it up, in his characteristically gruff way.
Midnight
8
My wife did, but received only a gruff response from the general.
Danger; Or, Wounded in the House of a Friend
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She thought the voice had been gruff, but that didn't mean anything.
Dolly departed
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A gruff order from the General's shattered the spell that bound them.
The Last Gladiatrix
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He had the loud gruff voice which implies the right to command.
Elsie Venner
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He looked at the floor guiltily and spoke in a gruff voice.
Dangerous Women
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When he bade goodnight to Parkins, he murmured in a gruff undertone:
Ghost Stories of an Antiquary
14
Alwa returned his salute, and raised his voice in a gruff command.
Rung Ho! A Novel
15
It would be very amusing, said Andrews in a gruff, breathless voice.
Three Soldiers
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But evidently this was not the morning for Tighe to be gruff.
The Sheriff's Son
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