gruff
adjective
[ ɡrʌf ]
• (of a voice) rough and low in pitch.
• "she spoke with a gruff, masculine voice"
Similar:
rough,
hoarse,
harsh,
guttural,
throaty,
husky,
croaking,
rasping,
raspy,
gravelly,
growly,
growling,
low,
thick,
Origin:
late 15th century (in the sense ‘coarse-grained’): from Flemish and Dutch grof ‘coarse, rude’, of West Germanic origin.
