| gruff | (adjective) deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion | Synonyms: hoarse, husky |
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| (adjective) brusque and surly and forbidding | Synonyms: crusty, curmudgeonly, ill-humored, ill-humoured |
| ruffianly | (adjective) violent and lawless | Synonyms: tough |
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| ruffled | (adjective) having decorative ruffles or frills | Synonyms: frilled, frilly |
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| (adjective) shaken into waves or undulations as by wind | Synonyms: rippled |
| scruffy | (adjective) shabby and untidy | Synonyms: seedy |
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| unruffled | (adjective) (of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves | Synonyms: placid, quiet, smooth, still, tranquil |
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| (adjective) free from emotional agitation or nervous tension | Synonyms: unflurried, unflustered, unperturbed |