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Synonyms for gruff
adj bad-tempered, rudeAntonyms for gruff
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Philistine
adjective. coarse
- barbarian
- barbaric
- base
- bawdy
- blue
- boorish
- brutish
- cheap
- churlish
- common
- crass
- crude
- dirty
- earthy
- filthy
- foul
- foul-mouthed
- gross
- gruff
- ill-bred
- immodest
- impolite
- improper
- impure
- incult
- indelicate
- inelegant
- loutish
- low
- lowbred
- lowdown and dirty
- mean
- nasty
- obscene
- off-color
- offensive
- raffish
- raunchy
- raw
- ribald
- rough
- roughneck
- rude
- scatological
- smutty
- tacky
- tasteless
- uncivil
- uncivilized
- uncouth
- uncultivated
- uncultured
- unpolished
- unrefined
- vulgar
- vulgarian
abrupt
adjective. rude or brief in manner
bluffer
adjective. abrupt
blunt
adjective. straightforward
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.