| 单词 | gruffness |
| 释义 | gruffness (once / 35282 pages) 1n 2n Someone who's very abrupt — so blunt or curt that they're almost rude — has the quality of gruffness. Your uncle's gruffness might cause most of your cousins to be scared of him. Someone who's known for her gruffness isn't necessarily mean, but she's so direct and matter-of-fact that she can come across that way. Gruffness isn't a great quality in a kindergarten teacher, but gruffness can come in handy when you work as a military officer or a dog trainer. Gruffness comes from the adjective gruff, which means "short or surly," but originally meant "coarse grained," from the Middle Low German word grof, "coarse, thick, or large." WORD FAMILYgruff: gruffer, gruffest, gruffly, gruffness USAGE EXAMPLESIts somber, bone-dry gruffness crumbles to dust, only to be replaced by adolescent jokiness. Time(Oct 27, 2016) That was my big note,” Tomkins says with faux gruffness. Seattle Times(Aug 14, 2016) For all his newsroom gruffness, Sydney was exceedingly ethical and rewarded good work when he saw it. Los Angeles Times(Jul 09, 2016) 1 n an abrupt discourteous manner 2Syn|Hyper abruptness, brusqueness, curtness, shortness discourtesy, rudeness a manner that is rude and insulting n a throaty harshness Syn|Hyper hoarseness, huskiness harshness, roughness the quality of being unpleasant (harsh or rough or grating) to the senses |
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