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Noun: gruffness  grúf-nus
  1. A throaty harshness
    "His gruffness after the concert showed how much he had strained his voice";
    - hoarseness, huskiness, throatiness
     
  2. An abrupt discourteous manner
    "his antagonistic gruffness";
    - abruptness, brusqueness, curtness, shortness

Type of: discourtesy, harshness, roughness, rudeness