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| type | s |
| lex_filenum | 00 |
| def | deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion |
| examples | gruff voices the dog's gruff barking hoarse cries makes all the instruments sound powerful but husky Virgil Thomson |
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| Similar to | cacophonous, cacophonic |
| Derivationally related form | husky → huskiness |
| Derivationally related form | hoarse → hoarseness |
| Derivationally related form | gruff → gruffness |
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| Similar to | cacophonous, cacophonic |
| Derived from adjective | huskily → husky |
| Derived from adjective | hoarsely → hoarse |
| Derivationally related form | huskiness → husky |
| Derivationally related form | hoarseness → hoarse |
| Derivationally related form | gruffness → gruff |
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