brusqueness

Noun

Meaning

Quality of being brusque; roughness joined with promptness; bluntness.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

shortness abruptness curtness gruffness reserve severity abruptly austerity compactness sharpness brevity roughness harshness frankness directness

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Antonyms

attention care concern accuracy consideration civilization

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Hypernyms

rudeness discourtesy

Examples

Impatience is a great obstacle to success; he who treats everything with brusqueness gathers nothing, or only immature fruit which will never ripen. Napoleon Bonaparte

Dean hasn't been a great campaigner and his long-time tendency to be blunt to the point of brusqueness doesn't always go over well. Source: Internet

Too often unprepared for brusqueness and brutality, verbal or otherwise. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Brusola brusque brusquely brusquerie brusquery Brusseau