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gruff
adjective as in bad-tempered, rude
Example Sentences
Carpenter is a gruff but approachable 77 these days, his career as a film director receding in the rearview.
His “gruff” father had little time for such infantilizing obeisance and would resist as best he could.
Unlike the gruff, barky impressions lots of comedians were doing at the time, Johnson’s had a flow.
In a new role as JV defensive coordinator, he deployed his gruff but humor-infused brand of coaching while welcoming a group of incoming ninth-graders to the program.
A supporting Emmy for his performance as the gruff yet insightful therapist Paul Rhoades on Apple TV+’s comedy “Shrinking” would be a good start.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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