Crossword-Solution: GRUFF 5 letters, 85 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 12

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Word Word Type Definition
Gruff superl. Of a rough or stern manner, voice, or countenance;
sour; surly; severe; harsh.

We have 85 clues for the answer “GRUFF”

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rough or surly in manner or voice 1 answer
makes all the instruments sound powerful but husky- Virgil Thomson 1 answer
Stern and brusque 1 answer
Rough-mannered 1 answer
Rough - brusque 1 answer
ROUGH in voice 1 answer
Poorly suited to working in public relations 1 answer
Like Clint Eastwood's voice 1 answer
Harsh; surly 1 answer
Harsh; brusque 1 answer
Fairy-tale billy goat 1 answer
Harsh and throaty. 1 answer
Harsh and brusque 1 answer
snippety 2 answers
Brusque and surly 2 answers
croaky 4 answers
Snippy 5 answers
Short-tempered. 5 answers
Ungentlemanly 8 answers
BRUSQUE AND SURLY AND FORBIDDING 10 answers
pettish 13 answers
tetchy 14 answers
croaking 17 answers
Bad-tempered 18 answers
glottal 18 answers
in the throat 19 answers
sepulchral 21 answers
Guttural 22 answers
Saturnine 27 answers
changing voice 29 answers
in a bad mood 31 answers
Throaty 32 answers
Rasping 35 answers
Morose 39 answers
Brusque 40 answers
unneighbourly 42 answers
Ungracious 42 answers
Hoarse 43 answers
Fretful 45 answers
Bearish 45 answers
snarly 48 answers
Grating 49 answers
Rancorous 53 answers
growling 55 answers
Unsmiling 57 answers
Unpolished 58 answers
Temperamental 61 answers
unkindly 62 answers
Husky 65 answers
Querulous 65 answers
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
Hint 2 anagram
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Hint 3 another clue
eruption
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Sentences with GRUFF (5)

Every _nunance_—wonderful!” “Think so?” She gave him a sidelong glance and spoke with a certain gruff shyness which did not deceive anybody, and was not meant to deceive.
The Song of the Lark Willa Cather 1992
The ancient tower of a church, whose gruff old bell was always peeping slily down at Scrooge out of a Gothic window in the wall, became invisible, and struck the hours and quarters in the clouds, with tremulous vibrations afterwards as if its teeth were chattering in its frozen head up there.
A Christmas Carol Charles Dickens 1992
The big fellow, who was known among his mates as Black Michael, tried his leg gingerly, and, finding that it bore his weight, turned to Clayton with a word of gruff thanks.
Tarzan of the Apes Edgar Rice Burroughs 1993
The Swede, after explaining in his gruff way that the huts were doubtless filthy and vermin-ridden, spread Jane’s blankets on the ground for her, and at a little distance unrolled his own and lay down to sleep.
The Beasts of Tarzan Edgar Rice Burroughs 1993
Lorry, rather halting in his reassuring words, as the stony manner of all the three impressed itself upon him more and more, “I state the case, Citizen Defarge?” Defarge looked gloomily at his wife, and gave no other answer than a gruff sound of acquiescence.
A Tale of Two Cities Charles Dickens 1994

Quotes with GRUFF (3)

Damn, you're good,' he said and rolled onto his back. The man wasn't much for flowery speech, Alesandra thought with a smile. It didn't matter. She was arrogantly proud of herself because she'd pleased him. Perhaps she should give him a little praise too. She rolled onto her side to face him, put her hand on his chest directly over his pounded heart, and whispered. 'You're good, too. 'Tis the truth, you're the best I've ever had.' He opened his eyes to look at her. 'I'm the o…
Julie Garwood Castles
Gruff,” I said, “I find myself largely clueless about why mortal women do what they do. It will take a wiser man than me to understand what’s in a fae woman’s mind.
Jim Butcher Small Favor
One of the reasons why I liked living in Manhattan was that the city would share your mood the moment you walked out the door. If you were in a hurry, everything else was too, even the pigeons. You shared the same speed and sense of urgency to get wherever you were going. When you had time to kill, it was happy to give you things to look at and do that easily took up whole days. I didn't agree with people who said Manhattan was a cold, indifferent town. Sure it was gruff, but…
Jonathan Carroll The Marriage of Sticks
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Appears in: Boston Globe, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NYT, Slate, Three Across, Universal, USA TODAY, WSJ.

Used 26 times in crossword archives (1960–2024).