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
Tondra	TON-drah	Esperanto
Anshel	-	Yiddish
ÁSvaldr	-	Ancient Scandinavian
Cosma	-	Italian
Liorit	-	Hebrew
Rozalija	-	Lithuanian, Slovene, Croatian, Macedonian