gruff as a bear

*gruff as a bear

gruff; curt and unsociable. (*Also: as ∼.) I hate to ask Erica questions; she's always gruff as a bear. I'm always as gruff as a bear before I've had my first cup of coffee.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Benedicta	-	Late Roman
Margalit	-	Hebrew
Junayd	-	Arabic
Ansley	-	English (Modern)
Jana (1)	YAH-nah (Dutch, German)	Czech, Slovak, Dutch, German, Slovene, Catalan
Finn	[fin]