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Gruffness
Gruffness meaning
The characteristic or quality of being gruff
Synonyms of Gruffness
Example sentences (2)
Unfortunately, Caan is too content to coast on autopilot, and as the story progresses, you feel like the choice to soften Marlowe’s gruffness just conflates his personality with so many other hard-boiled dicks.
His straightforward, abrupt manner savoured sometimes of gruffness, while his direct, unadorned method of expressing himself harmonized well with his rough-hewn, immobile features and somewhat sluggish movements.