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71testiness — n irritability, petulance, snappishness, irascibility, touchiness, tetchiness, prickliness; peevishness, waspishness, raspiness, fretfulness, edginess, nervousness; excitability, fieriness, inflammability; grouchiness, crankiness, crabbedness,… …
72touchiness — adj 1. tetchiness, testiness, irritability, edginess, snappishness, nervousness; irascibility, cholericness, petulance, Rare. petulancy; grouchiness, grumpiness, crankiness, crabbiness, crotchetiness, crossness, crabbedness; churlishness,… …
73gruff — /grʌf / (say gruf) adjective 1. low and harsh; hoarse: a gruff voice. 2. rough; surly: a gruff manner. {earlier grof, from Dutch, related to Old English hrēof rough} –gruffly, adverb –gruffness, noun …
74gruff — ► ADJECTIVE 1) (of a voice) rough and low in pitch. 2) abrupt or taciturn in manner. DERIVATIVES gruffly adverb gruffness noun. ORIGIN from Flemish and Dutch grof coarse, rude …
75gruffly — gruff ► ADJECTIVE 1) (of a voice) rough and low in pitch. 2) abrupt or taciturn in manner. DERIVATIVES gruffly adverb gruffness noun. ORIGIN from Flemish and Dutch grof coarse, rude …
76gruff — [gruf] adj. [< Du grof, akin to Ger grob, coarse, surly < OHG gerob < ge , intens. + base akin to OE hreof, rough, scabby < IE base * kreup : see GRAUPEL] 1. rough or surly in manner or speech; brusquely rude 2. harsh and throaty;… …
77curmudgeonly — adjective brusque and surly and forbidding crusty remarks a crusty old man his curmudgeonly temper gruff manner a gruff reply • Syn: ↑crusty, ↑gruff, ↑ill hu …
78gruff — adj. 1 a (of a voice) low and harsh. b (of a person) having a gruff voice. 2 surly, laconic, rough mannered. Derivatives: gruffly adv. gruffness n. Etymology: Du., MLG grof coarse f. WG (rel. to ROUGH) …
79harshness — noun 1. the roughness of a substance that causes abrasions (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑abrasiveness, ↑scratchiness • Derivationally related forms: ↑scratchy (for: ↑scratchiness), ↑abrasiv …
80ill-humored — adjective brusque and surly and forbidding crusty remarks a crusty old man his curmudgeonly temper gruff manner a gruff reply • Syn: ↑crusty, ↑curmudgeonly, ↑ …
