Gruff is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for GRUFF in dictionary:

VERB:
• to utter in a gruff voice
• talk gruffly
ADJECTIVE:
• low and harsh in speech
• (of a voice) rough and low in pitch
• abrupt or taciturn in manner
• rough or surly in manner or voice
• brusque and surly and forbidding
• deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion

Words related to GRUFF

gruffed15 gruffer14 gruffest15 gruffing16 gruffish18 gruffly17 gruffness16 gruffnesses18 gruffs13 gruffy16

Words that contain GRUFF

gruffs13 gruffy16 gruffed15 gruffer14 gruffly17 gruffest15 gruffier15 gruffily18 gruffing16 gruffish18 gruffiest16 gruffness16 humgruffin22 gruffnesses18 humgruffian23 humgruffins23 humgruffians24

How to use GRUFF in a sentence

• He himself would receive him with a gruff word or two of admonition and the whole affair should be dismissed.
• Anyway, old Captain Savage took me up to North Bridgeboro with him and first I was kind of scared of him, because he had a big red face and he was awful gruff.
• They were all gruff, loud-voiced, merry, and good-natured.
• At last his work was nearly completed, but the gruff sounds of distress from the frightened mule had ceased.
• At first Robber Mother answered in short, gruff sentences, but by degrees she became more subdued and listened more intently.
• He had the loud, gruff voice which implies the right to command.
• So I ran ahead, calling him in as gruff a voice as I could command to come on and stop his nonsense, for we had far to go and it would soon be dark.
• I think I was gruff because I dared not let him see how I felt.
• And so Admetus and Alcestis were married, and everybody in the two towns, except gruff old King Pelias, was glad.
• They knew the voice of the inspector, which in no way resembled the gruff tones of Inman.
• Send me the gruff captain of the forecastle in his place.
• When they came to the dazzling tree he advanced to it as if he cared nothing for its beauty, and showed her with a gruff and business-like air a split in the trunk.
• Chloe Elliston opened her eyes sleepily in answer to a gruff call from without her tent.
• Old Tring rang a bell, after a gruff sentence of welcome, and, apparently as glad as Ishmael for an excuse to part, told him he should be shown round by one Killigrew.
• Kear interposed, and in a gruff, ill-tempered tone, asked Curtis where we were.
• My poor faithful dog Gruff was carried away by the violence of the stream and lost.
• A dancing Bear grotesque and funny Earned for his master heaps of money, Gruff yet good-natured, fond of honey, And cheerful if the day was sunny.
• The old man came to meet me at the door of his house, and put me through a lot of questions in what I thought was a needlessly gruff manner.
• Here I was met by a short, stout, and exceedingly gruff sort of a man, who looked upon my entrance with evident displeasure.
• The next moment he had recognized the gruff and nasal tones of Adam Lambert.
• How long they slept they did not know, but they were awakened by rough hands shaking them and the sound of gruff voices.
• The train men were pretty gruff and wanted to know what was wanted.
• He was generally regarded as somewhat formidable, this gruff, square-shouldered doctor, with his iron-grey hair and black moustache, and keenly critical eyes.
• The spokesman made some gruff noises in his throat.
• Nevertheless an easier task had fallen to him than to his fellow-partner, the gruff, red-haired man.
• He was rather gruff and ashamed about his weakness, but I could see that he had been touched to receive kindness from utter strangers.
• He was gruff and hearty, opened his mouth and laughed deep.
• He put his arm round Carrie as she stood beside him, kissed her, and in a gruff, unintelligible voice, murmured something that brought the tears again to her eyes.
• He is a gruff old fellow of about sixty, powerfully built, with a cold, hard face.

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