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Definitions:
Verb
Definition: To speak gruffly.
Adjective
crusty
curmudgeonly
gruff
ill-humored
ill-humoured
Definition: brusque and surly and forbidding; "crusty remarks"; "a crusty old man"; "his curmudgeonly temper"; "gruff manner"; "a gruff reply"
gruff
hoarse
husky
Definition: 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
Definition: having a rough, surly, and harsh demeanor and nature.