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That grates; making a harsh sound; harsh. -- Grat"ing*ly, adv.

To cut with a grating sound; to cut; to penetrate or pierce harshly; as, the griding sword. Milton. That through his thigh the mortal steel did gride. Spenser.

Frightful; horrible; dreadful; harsh; as, grisly locks; a grisly specter. "Grisly to behold." Chaucer. A man of grisly and stern gravity. Robynson (More's Utopia). Grisly bear. (Zoöl.) See under Grizzly.

To grind; to rub harshly together; to grate; as, to grit the teeth. [Collog.]

an rodent (Aulacodus Swinderianus) about two feet long, allied to the porcupines but with harsh, bristly hair, and no spines; -- called also ground rat. -- Ground pigeon (Zoöl.), one of numerous species of pigeons which live largely upon the ground, as the tooth-billed pigeon (Didunculus strigirostris), of the Samoan…

Of a rough or stern manner, voice, or countenance; sour; surly; severe; harsh. Addison. Gruff, disagreeable, sarcastic remarks. Thackeray. -- Gruff"ly, adv. -- Gruff"ness, n.

To rumble; to make a low, harsh, and heavy sound; to mutter; as, the distant thunder grumbles.

Sounding harshly in the throat; inharmonious; rough. [Obs.] Carew.

Wanting softness or smoothness of utterance; harsh; as, a hard tone.

Of a harsh or stern countenance; hard-featured. Burke.

Severely; harshly; roughly. He has in many things been hardly used. Swift.

Having a harsh, rough, grating voice or sound, as when affected with a cold; making a rough, harsh cry or sound; as, the hoarse raven. The hoarse resounding shore. Dryden.

With a harsh, grating sound or voice.

Harshness or roughness of voice or sound, due to mucus collected on the vocal cords, or to swelling or looseness of the cords.

Roughness of sound; harshness; hoarseness; as, huskiness of voice. G. Eliot.

Rough in tone; harsh; hoarse; raucous; as, a husky voice.

's favor. "In sight of God's high throne." Milton. Sounds inharmonious in themselves, and harsh. Cowper.

Physical severity or harshness (commonly in respect to the elements or weather); roughness; storminess; rigor; severe cold, wind, rain, or snow. The inclemencies of morning air. Pope. The rude inclemency of wintry skies. Cowper.

Not clement; destitute of a mild and kind temper; void of tenderness; unmerciful; severe; harsh.

as, an indigested array of facts. In hot reformations . . . the whole is generally crude, harsh, and indigested. Burke. This, like an indigested meteor, appeared and disappeared almost at the same time. South.