brusque adj : marked by rude or peremptory shortness; "try to cultivate a less brusque manner"; "a curt reply"; "the salesgirl was very short with him" [syn: brusk, curt, short(p)]

English

Alternative spellings

• brusk

Pronunciation

• /bru:sk/

Adjective

1. Rudely abrupt, unfriendly.

Quotations

Related terms

• brusquely
• brusqueness

Translations

References

• Webster 1913
• Dictionary.com
• "brusque" in Encarta® World English Dictionary [North American Edition] © & (P)2007 Microsoft Corporation.
• "brusque in the Wordsmyth Dictionary-Thesaurus © Wordsmyth 2002.
• "brusque" in Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press 2007.
• Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.
• Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary, 1987-1996.

French

Pronunciation

• /bʁysk/|lang=fr

Adjective

1. abrupt (sudden or hasty)

Brusque can refer to:

• Brusque, Aveyron: A French commune in the department of Aveyron and the region Midi-Pyrénées. ([[:fr:Brusque|See in the French language wikipedia]])
• Brusque, Brazil: A Brazilian municipality in the state of Santa Catarina. (See in the Portuguese language wikipedia)

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