gruffs

[US]/ɡrʌf/
[UK]/ɡrʌf/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. rude et malveillant

vt. parler d'une manière rude ou abrupte

vi. parler d'une manière rude ou abrupte

Example Sentences

she spoke with a gruff, masculine voice.

elle parlait d'une voix rauque et masculine.

penetrate a fairly gruff exterior and you will find him affable.

Pénétrez un extérieur assez bourru et vous le trouverez affable.

He hid his feelings behind a gruff abruptness.

Il cachait ses sentiments derrière une brusquerie rauque.

Her answer was gruff, but her eyes twinkled.

Sa réponse était sèche, mais ses yeux pétillaient.

Cathy had been a martyr to her gruff, domineering husband.

Cathy avait souffert de son mari bourru et autoritaire.

Eg.For all his gruff heartiness, there must lurk inside him the soul of an evangelical preacher.

Malgré sa gentillesse bourrue, il devait y avoir en lui l'âme d'un prédicateur évangélique.

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