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Meanings of
gruffness
in английском
каталонский
brusquedat
испанский
sequedad
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An abrupt discourteous manner.
abruptness
shortness
brusqueness
curtness
каталонский
brusquedat
португальский
rouquidão
испанский
ronquera
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A throaty harshness.
hoarseness
huskiness
португальский
rouquidão
Usage of
gruffness
in английском
1
His
gruffness
and brevity disturbed me more than I cared to confess.
2
To prove this he wilfully exaggerated his
gruffness
and curtness of manner.
3
So tell me again, I said, attempting to simulate Dad's
gruffness
.
4
He began to show a
gruffness
that she'd never seen in Sir Borenson.
5
The almost passionate tenderness and humanity which lay beneath his
gruffness
was undimmed.
6
The warder rose to his feet and resumed his official
gruffness
.
7
A Northumberland Fusilier exploded into words which expressed the
gruffness
of his comrades.
8
The rough harbor-master changed his
gruffness
to smiles in an instant.
9
She attributed his sudden
gruffness
to a distaste for hearing his exploits lauded.
10
And Monnica, utterly confused by such praise, answered with affectionate
gruffness
:
11
Robert is adrift, his
gruffness
a self-conscious front for frustration and zero self-esteem.
12
Their deportment was quiet and altogether unexceptionable,-norudeness, no
gruffness
,
nothing of menace.
13
But Major Monkey did not let Mr. Crow's
gruffness
trouble him.
14
He did not suspect that the unconscious
gruffness
of his tone had repulsed her.
15
Miss Howard blinked, and a new note crept into the
gruffness
of her voice.
16
He was sorry for his
gruffness
,
and took her hands:
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Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
gruffness
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
sudden gruffness
be a gruffness
fatherly gruffness
gentle gruffness
real gruffness
More collocations
Translations for
gruffness
каталонский
brusquedat
sequedat
испанский
sequedad
ronquera
carraspera
enronquecimiento
португальский
rouquidão
Gruffness
through the time
Gruffness
across language varieties
United Kingdom
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