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Examples of brusque
brusque
Stansted's security people are the most brusque and unfriendly I've come across.
From the guardian.co.uk
The three men who stood at Alvarez Machain's elbow had only a few brusque words.
From the time.com
Just set your expectations to ignore the brusque service and focus on the food.
From the washingtonpost.com
Stooped, brusque and imposing, he seems not only pre-televisual, but prehistoric.
From the time.com
Thomas Carson's brusque, bullying Austin betrays traces of loss and loneliness.
From the sltrib.com
The show, curated by Gaia Persico, forces the viewer into brusque confrontations.
From the independent.co.uk
The doctor was brusque with the patient's family, saying he'd send them a chaplain.
From the dallasnews.com
The music is dark, brusque and often breathless in its urge to get its message out.
From the buffalonews.com
Lady Barber herself may have been a little more brusque and straightforward.
From the independent.co.uk
- Marked by rude or peremptory shortness; "try to cultivate a less brusque manner"; "a curt reply"; "the salesgirl was very short with him"
- (brusquely) bluffly: in a blunt direct manner; "he spoke bluntly"; "he stated his opinion flat-out"; "he was criticized roundly"
- (brusqueness) abruptness: an abrupt discourteous manner
- (Brusqueness) This is a list of musical terms that are likely to be encountered in printed scores, music reviews, and program notes. Most of the terms are Italian (see also Italian musical terms used in English), in accordance with the Italian origins of many European musical conventions. ...
- Rudely abrupt, unfriendly
- (brusquely) In a brusque manner; abruptly; rudely
- (brusqueness) The state or quality of being brusque
