GRUFF
ADJECTIVES
1611 — CLUMSE gruff, surly → obs.
1706 — BEARISH of a voice or sound: deep and rumbling, gruff
1745 — GRUM of the voice: gruff, harsh, and deep in tone → Eng. dial. obs.
1832 — CHUFF gruff, stern, morose → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1905 — HACKSEY-LOOKED having a coarse visage, gruff → Sc. (Bk.)
2006 — CRUSTY feisty; gruff → US sl. (Bk.)
NOUNS
1892 — GLUMPSE a gruff way of speaking, a snap → Eng. dial.
NOUNS, PERSON
1638 — A BEAR WITH A SORE HEAD a gruff, irritable person
1638 — BEAR a gruff, irritable person → sl.
1802 — GRUFFY a nickname for a gruff person; a cross-patch → obs.
1860 — CURMUDGEON a gruff, irritable, or cantankerous man, esp. an elderly one
1898 — COW’S TONGUE a gruff old codger who is soft-hearted (Bk.)
1900 — GRUMP a gruff, grumpy, or ill-humoured person → colloq.
1909 — HINCHINARFER a grumpy, gruff-voiced woman → sl. (Bk.)
VERBS
1602 — CARL to talk with a gruff, snarling voice; to snarl → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1825 — GRUFFLE to speak gruffly in a muffled way → sl.
1857 — BOODY to look gruff, angry, or glum; to sulk, mope, or be sullen
1863 — WHOOF to make a gruff or abrupt sound resembling a loud breath
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