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gruffish

/ˈɡɹʌfɪʃ/

gruffish adjective: somewhat gruff.

Adjective

gruffish (comparative more gruffish, superlative most gruffish)

  1. Somewhat gruff.
    • He answered the telephone in a gruffish voice.

gruffish meaning in Urdu

gruffish in Urdu

ذرا اکھڑ

Forms of gruffish

comparativemore gruffish
superlativemost gruffish

Origin of gruffish

From gruff + -ish.

Questions about gruffish

What does gruffish mean?
Gruffish means somewhat gruff.
What is gruffish in Urdu?
Gruffish in Urdu is ذرا اکھڑ. See Gruffish meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is gruffish?
Gruffish is an adjective.
How do you pronounce gruffish?
Gruffish is pronounced /ˈɡɹʌfɪʃ/.

Words near gruffish in the dictionary

  1. gruffier
  2. gruffiest
  3. gruffily
  4. gruffiness
  5. gruffing
  6. gruffish
  7. gruffly
  8. gruffness
  9. gruffnesses
  10. gruffs
  11. gruffy

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Adapted from Wiktionary: gruffish (page history and authors); gruffish (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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