Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to gruff
Participle: gruffed
Gerund: gruffing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | gruff |
| you | gruff |
| he;she;it | gruffs |
| we | gruff |
| you | gruff |
| they | gruff |
Perfect
| I | have gruffed |
| you | have gruffed |
| he;she;it | has gruffed |
| we | have gruffed |
| you | have gruffed |
| they | have gruffed |
Past
| I | gruffed |
| you | gruffed |
| he;she;it | gruffed |
| we | gruffed |
| you | gruffed |
| they | gruffed |
Pluperfect
| I | had gruffed |
| you | had gruffed |
| he;she;it | had gruffed |
| we | had gruffed |
| you | had gruffed |
| they | had gruffed |
Future
| I | will gruff |
| you | will gruff |
| he;she;it | will gruff |
| we | will gruff |
| you | will gruff |
| they | will gruff |
Future Perfect
| I | will have gruffed |
| you | will have gruffed |
| he;she;it | will have gruffed |
| we | will have gruffed |
| you | will have gruffed |
| they | will have gruffed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | gruff |
| you | gruff |
| he;she;it | gruff |
| we | gruff |
| you | gruff |
| they | gruff |
Perfect
| I | have gruffed |
| you | have gruffed |
| he;she;it | have gruffed |
| we | have gruffed |
| you | have gruffed |
| they | have gruffed |
Imperfect
| I | gruffed |
| you | gruffed |
| he;she;it | gruffed |
| we | gruffed |
| you | gruffed |
| they | gruffed |
Pluperfect
| I | had gruffed |
| you | had gruffed |
| he;she;it | had gruffed |
| we | had gruffed |
| you | had gruffed |
| they | had gruffed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would gruff |
| you | would gruff |
| he;she;it | would gruff |
| we | would gruff |
| you | would gruff |
| they | would gruff |
Perfect
| I | would have gruffed |
| you | would have gruffed |
| he;she;it | would have gruffed |
| we | would have gruffed |
| you | would have gruffed |
| they | would have gruffed |
Imperative
| you | gruff |
| we | Let's gruff |
| you | gruff |
Verbs conjugated like 'gruff'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'gruff'
graff,
guff,
ruff,
bluff,
buff,
chuff,
cruft,
cuff,
duff,
fluff,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 16th century, from Dutch grof and/or Middle Low German grof (both “rough, coarse, rude”), from Old Dutch *grof or Old Saxon *grof, both from Proto-West Germanic *grob, from Proto-Germanic *grubaz (“coarse, rough”), possibly from an earlier *gahrubaz and then related with *hreubaz (“scabby, rough, scrubby”).
2. Cognate with Saterland Frisian groaf (“rough, coarse, crude”), West Frisian grof (“rough, coarse, crude”), Low German groff (“rough, coarse, crude”), German grob (“rough, coarse, crude”), Swedish grov (“rough, coarse, crude”).
Sample Sentences
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“Who gave you that?” replied my father angrily. “Did you bribe someone?” “No,” I told him. “It was a gift, from some people who really want me to be on this trip.” “Fine,” he gruffed. [2001, Benny Hinn, He Touched Me: An Autobiography:]