she spoke with a gruff, masculine voice.
penetrate a fairly gruff exterior and you will find him affable.
He hid his feelings behind a gruff abruptness.
Her answer was gruff, but her eyes twinkled.
Cathy had been a martyr to her gruff, domineering husband.
Eg.For all his gruff heartiness, there must lurk inside him the soul of an evangelical preacher.
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