gruff

Significado (Inglés)

Adj

1. having a rough, surly, and harsh demeanor and nature.
2. hoarse-voiced.
3. hoarse.

Verb

To speak gruffly.

Noun

Alternative spelling of grough (“gully in a moor”).

Conceptos

bronco

rudo

brusko

acre

áspero

malhumorado

mohino

renegado

ronco

triste

☹️

aburrido

hosco

basto

brusco

horrible

lúgubre

Sinónimos

rough

harsh

surly

hoarse

unkind

brusque

sullen

sour

crusty

husky

unpleasant

brutal

rude

disagreeable

throaty

abrupt

ill-humored

ill-humoured

tough

curmudgeonly

ungracious

inimical

unfriendly

brusk

discourteous

bristly

bass

dismal

disobliging

distasteful

desolate

brief

deep

curt

boring

baritone

annoyed

horrible

homespun

blunt

guttural

cross

grumpy

gritty

coarse

bluff

bad

👎

grim

inclinable

grating

Traducciones

nors

onaardig

bars

nurks

honds

rude

zuur

stuurs

brusco

onvriendelijk

bourru

arisco

burbero

brusco

brummig

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ɡɹʌf/

Etimología (Inglés)

Cognado con Saterfriesisch: groaf

Cognado con frisón occidental: grof

Cognado con bajo alemán: groff

Cognado con alemán: grob

Cognado con sueco: grov

In summary

16th century, from Dutch grof and/or Middle Low German grof (both “rough, coarse, rude”), from Old Dutch *grof or Old Saxon *grof, both from Proto-West Germanic *grob, from Proto-Germanic *grubaz (“coarse, rough”), possibly from an earlier *gahrubaz and then related with *hreubaz (“scabby, rough, scrubby”).
Cognate with Saterland Frisian groaf (“rough, coarse, crude”), West Frisian grof (“rough, coarse, crude”), Low German groff (“rough, coarse, crude”), German grob (“rough, coarse, crude”), Swedish grov (“rough, coarse, crude”).