Synonyms: husky, hoarse, gruff
Definition: deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion
Usage: gruff voices; the dog's gruff barking; hoarse cries; makes all the instruments sound powerful but husky- Virgil Thomson
Similar words: cacophonic, cacophonous
Definition: having an unpleasant sound
Usage: as cacophonous as a henyard- John McCarten
Synonyms: ill-humored, ill-humoured, gruff, crusty, curmudgeonly
Definition: brusque and surly and forbidding
Usage: crusty remarks; a crusty old man; his curmudgeonly temper; gruff manner; a gruff reply
Similar words: ill-natured
Definition: having an irritable and unpleasant disposition