brusque

Speech parts

1. brusque - Adjective

2. brusque - Verb

3. brusque - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Rough and prompt in manner; blunt; abrupt; bluff; as, a brusque man; a brusque style.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

curt short brusk bluff direct cross brief sharp rough harsh crude abrupt blunt concise rude
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Antonyms

gabby flowery civil extended extensive cultivated
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Examples

The diamond scintillates less brilliantly when the fingers move rapidly than when they undulate and pivot. Glossy leaves throw off less light in a high wind than under the calm wavering of a breeze. Brusque movements of the eye cast a single gleam, and slow movements add a thousand others. Malcolm de Chazal

They either overcompensate for the way they feel and are incredibly sycophantic or incredibly brusque in order to prove they don't think you're superior. Lucy Lawless

try to cultivate a less brusque manner Source: Internet

a curt reply Source: Internet

the salesgirl was very short with him Source: Internet

After his wife's death, he loses all self-esteem and his brusque manners result in him being ostracized by former friends. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

bruskness Bruso Brusola brusquely brusqueness brusquerie