Grating and Gruff

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Grating adjective - Harsh and dry in sound.

Usage example: with a grating voice, she croaked a feeble “hello”

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Gruff is a synonym for grating. In some cases you can use "Gruff" instead an adjective "Grating".

Nearby Words: grate, grated, gratingly, grater

Gruff adjective - Harsh and dry in sound.

Usage example: she had a gruff speaking voice, but a surprisingly sweet singing voice

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Grating is a synonym for gruff in rasping in sound topic. Sometimes you can use "Grating" instead an adjective "Gruff".

Nearby Word: gruffly

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