Read the dictionary definition of gruff. All definitions for this word.
1. deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion
1. gruff voices
2. the dog's gruff barking
3. hoarse cries
4. makes all the instruments sound powerful but husky
2. brusque and surly and forbidding
1. crusty remarks
2. a crusty old man
3. his curmudgeonly temper
4. gruff manner
5. a gruff reply
