gruffness
51truculence — Synonyms and related words: abruptness, aggression, aggressiveness, animality, antagonism, atrociousness, barbarity, barbarousness, bearishness, beastliness, bellicism, bellicosity, belligerence, belligerency, bestiality, bloodiness, bloodlust,… …
52ugliness — Synonyms and related words: bearishness, bitchiness, cacophony, cantankerousness, churlishness, coarseness, crabbedness, cracked voice, crankiness, crossness, crustiness, cussedness, disagreeability, disagreeableness, discord, displeasingness,… …
53gruff — [grʌf] adj [Date: 1400 1500; : Dutch; Origin: grof] speaking in a rough, unfriendly voice ▪ His manner can be rather gruff. ▪ a gruff reply ▪ His voice became gruff. >gruffly adv >gruffness n [U] …
54gruff — 1530s, coarse, coarse grained, from M.Du. or M.L.G. grof coarse (in quality), thick, large, of uncertain origin, regarded by some as related to O.E. hreof, O.N. hrjufr rough, scabby, with Germanic completive prefix ga . Sense of rough, surly… …
55curtness — n. brevity, gruffness, bluntness …
56raucousness — rÉ”ËkÉ™snɪs n. harshness, gruffness, raspiness, hoarseness; rowdiness, noisiness, boisterousness, clamorousness …
57gruff — adjective 1》 (of a voice) rough and low in pitch. 2》 abrupt or taciturn in manner. Derivatives gruffly adverb gruffness noun Origin C15 (in the sense coarse grained ): from Flemish and Du. grof coarse, rude , of W. Gmc origin …
58harshness — n. 1. Roughness. 2. Austerity, rigor, severity, sternness, crabbedness, moroseness, churlishness, ill temper, asperity, ill nature, hardness, unkindness, acerbity. 3. Rudeness, incivility, bluntness, bluffness, ungraciousness, churlishness,… …
59roughness — n. 1. Unevenness, ruggedness. 2. Harshness, rudeness, coarseness, incivility, gruffness, bluntness, impoliteness. 3. Acerbity, unsavoriness, astringency, harshness. 4. Storminess, boisterousness, tempestuousness, inclemency, violence. 5. Violence …
60rudeness — n. 1. Roughness, ruggedness, unevenness. 2. Artlessness, inelegance. 3. Ignorance, uncouthness, barbarousness, clownishness. 4. Coarseness, incivility, impoliteness, insolence, impertinence, pertness, sauciness, surliness, gruffness, churlishness …
