Hyphenation of gruff

Are you trying to hyphenate gruff? Unfortunately it cannot be hyphenated because it only contains one syllable.

gruff

Definitions of gruff:

1.	Brusque and surly and forbidding Crusty remarks A crusty old man His curmudgeonly temper Gruff manner A gruff reply
2.	Deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion Gruff voices The dog's gruff barking Hoarse cries Makes all the instruments sound powerful but husky- Virgil Thomson

Synonyms of gruff:

adj	crusty, curmudgeonly, ill-humored, ill-humoured, ill-natured
adj	hoarse, husky, cacophonous, cacophonic

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.