Translation meaning & definition of the word "gruff" into Dutch language

adjective

1. Brusque and surly and forbidding

• "Crusty remarks"

• "A crusty old man"

• "His curmudgeonly temper"

• "Gruff manner"

• "A gruff reply"

synonym:
• crusty
,
• curmudgeonly
,
• gruff
,
• ill-humored
,
• ill-humoured

1. Bruusk en nors en verbiedend

• "Knapperige opmerkingen"

• "Een knapperige oude man"

• "Zijn onstuimige humeur"

• "Gruff manier"

• "Een nors antwoord"

synoniem:
• knapperig
,
• curmudgeonly
,
• norse
,
• slechtgehumeurd

2. Deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion

• "Gruff voices"

• "The dog's gruff barking"

• "Hoarse cries"

• "Makes all the instruments sound powerful but husky"- virgil thomson

synonym:
• gruff
,
• hoarse
,
• husky

2. Diep en hard klinkend als van geschreeuw of ziekte of emotie

• "Gruff stemmen"

• "De norse blaft van de hond"

• "Schorre kreten"

• "Maakt alle instrumenten krachtig maar husky" - virgil thomson

synoniem:
• norse
,
• hees
,
• husky

Examples of using

Tom shouted at us in a gruff voice.

Tom schreeuwde met een norse stem tegen ons.