Brusque

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Abrupt and curt in manner or speech; discourteously blunt. See Synonyms at gruff.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Rudely abrupt, unfriendly.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Rough and prompt in manner; blunt; abrupt; bluff.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. See brusk, bruskness.
  • See brusk, bruskly.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. marked by rude or peremptory shortness
  • Equivalent
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    blunt    abrupt    bluff    rough   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Rusk    busk    cusk    dusk    husk    lusk    musk    rusk    tusk   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    curt    gruff    discourteous    peremptory    surly    abrupt    dismissive    imperious    contemptuous    unceremonious