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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Gruff a. [Compar. Gruffer superl. Gruffest.]  Of a rough or stern manner, voice, or countenance; sour; surly; severe; harsh.
    Gruff, disagreeable, sarcastic remarks.   --Thackeray.
 -- Gruff*ly, adv.  -- Gruff*ness, n.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 gruffness
      n 1: a throaty harshness [syn: hoarseness, huskiness]
      2: an abrupt discourteous manner [syn: abruptness, brusqueness,
          curtness, shortness]