- Types Of Speech
- You can use gruff as a adjective satellite in a sentence.
- About Gruff
- A 1 syllables adjective satellite and 5 letters with the letters f, g, r, and u, 4 consonants, 1 vowels and 1 syllables with the middle letter u. Gruff starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters g, gr, gru, gruf, and the ending characters are f, ff, uff, ruff, . Gruff is also a double consonant (ff) word. View the double consonant words list.
- Definition
- Deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion; "gruff voices"; "the dog''s gruff barking"; "hoarse cries"; "makes all the instruments sound powerful but husky"- Virgil Thomson
- Origin/Roots
- Middle Dutch
- School Grade
- Gruff is set as a sat word that starts with g, ends with f, 1 syllables, 1 vowels and 5 letters.
- Scrabble
- Is gruff a scrabble word? A 12 point word in scrabble. Check the word games tab below for probability, odds and more.
- Pig Latin
- Gruff in Pig Latin is said as "uffgray or uffgrway".
- Unigram
- g | r | u | f | f
- Bigram
- gr | ru | uf | ff
- Trigram
- gru | ruf | uff
- Quadrigram
- gruf | ruff
- Word Gram
- Adjective Satellite Examples
- deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion;
"gruff voices";
"the dog's gruff barking";
"hoarse cries";
"makes all the instruments sound powerful but husky"- Virgil Thomson - brusque and surly and forbidding;
"crusty remarks";
"a crusty old man";
"his curmudgeonly temper";
"gruff manner";
"a gruff reply"
Synonym | Definition |
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Abrasive | a substance that abrades or wears down |
Abrupt | surprisingly and unceremoniously brusque in manner "an abrupt reply" |
Acerb | harsh or corrosive in tone "an acerbic tone piercing otherwise flowery prose" "a barrage of acid comments" "her acrid remarks make her many enemies" "bitter words" "blistering criticism" "caustic jokes about political assassination, talk-show hosts |
Acerbic | harsh or corrosive in tone "an acerbic tone piercing otherwise flowery prose" "a barrage of acid comments" "her acrid remarks make her many enemies" "bitter words" "blistering criticism" "caustic jokes about political assassination, talk-show hosts |
Acid | street name for lysergic acid diethylamide |
Acidity | the property of being acidic |
Acrid | harsh or corrosive in tone "an acerbic tone piercing otherwise flowery prose" "a barrage of acid comments" "her acrid remarks make her many enemies" "bitter words" "blistering criticism" "caustic jokes about political assassination, talk-show hosts |
Acrimonious | marked by strong resentment or cynicism "an acrimonious dispute" "bitter about the divorce" |
Addled | confused and vague used especially of thinking "muddleheaded ideas" "your addled little brain" "woolly thinking" "woolly-headed ideas" |
Aggressive | having or showing determination and energetic pursuit of your ends "an aggressive businessman" "an aggressive basketball player" "he was aggressive and imperious positive in his convictions" "aggressive drivers" |
View all cognitive synonyms for Gruff
Anagram | Definition |
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Gruff | deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion "gruff voices" "the dog''s gruff barking" "hoarse cries" "makes all the instruments sound powerful but husky"- Virgil Thomson |
View English words with the unique letters used in gruff. Words With The Letters Fgru
Name | Male | Female |
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Gruffudd | Yes | No |
Gruffud | Yes | No |
Gruffydd | Yes | No |
Similar Word | Definition |
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Cacophonic | having an unpleasant sound; "as cacophonous as a henyard"- John McCarten |
Cacophonous | having an unpleasant sound; "as cacophonous as a henyard"- John McCarten |
Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Word Chums | 4Pics1Word | Jumble |
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Refuge (6 letters) | 10 | 12 | refuge | ||
Gauffer (7 letters) | 14 +2 | 16 +2 | gauffer | ||
Refugee (7 letters) | 11 | 13 | refugee | ||
Fugard (6 letters) | 11 | 13 | fugard | ||
Argufy (6 letters) | 13 +1 | 14 | argufy | ||
Gruff (5 letters) | 12 | 14 | gruff | ||
Refudge (7 letters) | 12 | 14 | refudge |
Gruff Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With G
- Ends With F
- Spelled With / Contains Letters