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gruffness

gruffness noun: the characteristic or quality of being gruff.

Noun

gruffness (countable and uncountable, plural gruffnesses)

  1. The characteristic or quality of being gruff

gruffness meaning in Tamil and Urdu

gruffness in Tamil

கொடும்பார்வை உள்ளதன்மை

gruffness in Urdu

gruffness
اجڈ پن ujaḍ pan

Forms of gruffness

pluralgruffnesses

Origin of gruffness

From gruff + -ness.

Questions about gruffness

What does gruffness mean?
Gruffness means the characteristic or quality of being gruff.
What is gruffness in Tamil?
Gruffness in Tamil is கொடும்பார்வை உள்ளதன்மை. See Gruffness meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is gruffness?
Gruffness is a noun.
What is the plural of gruffness?
The plural of gruffness is gruffnesses.

Words near gruffness in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: gruffness (page history and authors); gruffness (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); اجڈ پن (Urdu) (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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