Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Abrupt in manner; rough; rude.
- Synonyms see
abrupt . - To treat with scant courtesy or in a brusk, offhand way: as,”in this first dialogue he brusques Tasso,”
- In heraldry, tawny.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Same as
brusque .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective US Alternative spelling of
brusque .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective marked by rude or peremptory shortness
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Examples
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Here was no streak of fat, no apathy, only a lazy, good-natured play of gloves and tricks, with a brusk stiffness and harsh sharpness in the contacts that he knew belonged only to the trained and instinctive fighting man.
Chapter II 2010
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They are often brusk to the point of rudeness, intolerant of mediocrity, and direct in manner.
John F. Ince: Where Are the Investors Who Will Back the Googles of Tomorrow? John F. Ince 2011
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They are often brusk to the point of rudeness, intolerant of mediocrity, and direct in manner.
John F. Ince: Where Are the Investors Who Will Back the Googles of Tomorrow? John F. Ince 2011
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This place (I know different location/different people, blah blah blah) does in fact seem to treat some customers in a rude/brusk way
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Still, I don't think it was Homarnoch's brusk surgeonly caress that aroused me.
Enjoyment 2010
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So it's a near certainty that Obama's campaign is having far more course and brusk discussions on this topic than we are.
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As dynamic as New York but smaller, and without the brusk hustle.
I wonder sometimes about the outcome of a still-verdictless life 2008
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As dynamic as New York but smaller, and without the brusk hustle.
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I apologize if I came off brusk, but I was really dissapointed in how many replies to the troll there were on this thread – do you realize that in the 138 comments tonight, over 40 were responding to trolls? and do you know how many troll posts you had?
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I know Scalia is brusk and rude in court both to his fellow justices and to the attorneys arguing, but has he ever made similar statements before.
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