1. brusque - Adjective
2. brusque - Verb
3. brusque - Adjective Satellite
Rough and prompt in manner; blunt; abrupt; bluff; as, a brusque man; a brusque style.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThe 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