adjective
1.
Synonyms: bluff , abrupt, blunt, brusque, crusty, curt, short, short-spoken, snippety, snippy
Related Word: crabbed, dour, morose, saturnine, sullen, surly; boorish, churlish; fierce, truculent
Contrasted words: bland, smooth, suave, urbane; fulsome, oily, slick, soapy, unctuous
2.
Synonyms: hoarse 1, croaking, croaky, husky