Words and phrases that have a meaning related to gruffness: (119 results)
Often used in the same context:
irascibility, affability, sunniness, cantankerousness, impishness, wryness, archness, geniality, boyishness, bravado, abrasiveness, acerbity, smarminess, jocularity, earnestness, crustiness, brusqueness, imperturbability, mien, gregariousness, amiability, smarm, ruefulness, glibness, bluntness, suavity, insouciance, basso profundo, cheeriness, quipster, slyness, brassiness, unflappability, officiousness, wisecracker, demeanor, facetiousness, sullenness, mischievousness, chirpiness, bombast, misanthropy, orneriness, inscrutability, winsomeness, gawkiness, impassivity, nasality, callowness, sternness, imperiousness, stoicism, joviality, peevishness, jauntiness, melancholy, superciliousness, pompousness, plaintiveness, glower, courtliness, pomposity, boisterousness, aloofness, pugnacity, taciturnity, nonchalance, ardency, huskiness, cockiness, breeziness, shtick, unshowy, woodenness, backslapper, poeticism, knowingness, persona, perceptiveness, mellowness, articulacy, handsomeness, curtness, unctuousness, flintiness, pathos, volubility, quaver, affectations, rasp, brooding, humor, playfulness, soulfulness, affectless, punchiness, nasal twang, gentility, grumpiness, malevolence, martinet, directness, briskness, cheerfulness, flippancy, heartiness, abruptness, casualness, coyness, decisiveness, truculence, cordiality, meekness
More general:
discourtesy, harshness, roughness, rudeness
Synonyms:
Also try:hoarseness, shortness
— Adjectives for gruffness: mock, certain, usual, sudden, pretended, national, assumed, apparent, unusual, old, characteristic, more...
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