crusty (s)
curmudgeonly (s)
gruff (s)
ill-humored (s)
ill-humoured (s)

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type s
lex_filenum 00
def brusque and surly and forbidding
examples crusty remarks
a crusty old man
his curmudgeonly temper
gruff manner
a gruff reply
Outgoing links
Similar to ill-natured
Derivationally related form gruff → gruffness
Derivationally related form curmudgeonly → curmudgeon
Derivationally related form crusty → crust
Incoming links
Similar to ill-natured
Derived from adjective gruffly → gruff
Derivationally related form gruffness → gruff
Derivationally related form crust → crusty
Derivationally related form curmudgeon → curmudgeonly

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