Associations to the word «Gruffness»

Wiktionary

GRUFFNESS, noun. The characteristic or quality of being gruff

Dictionary definition

GRUFFNESS, noun. A throaty harshness.
GRUFFNESS, noun. An abrupt discourteous manner.

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin