brusque
adjective /bruːsk/
/brʌsk/ Definition
› quick and rude in manner or speech: His secretary was rather brusque with me.Blunt and direct in speech and behaviourNot saying muchNot being friendly brusquely /-li/ adverb › "I haven't got time to deal with it today," she said brusquely.Blunt and direct in speech and behaviourNot saying muchNot being friendly brusqueness /-nəs/ noun [U] Blunt and direct in speech and behaviourNot saying muchNot being friendly
(Definition of brusque adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- abrupt adjective (UNFRIENDLY)
- baldly adverb
- blunt adjective (RUDE)
- bluntly adverb
- brutal adjective
- call a spade a spade idiom
- forward adjective (CONFIDENT)
- frank adjective
- frankness noun
- in a word idiom
- in the raw idiom
- man-to-man adjective, adverb
- not mince (your) words idiom
- plain speaking noun
- point-blank adverb, adjective (NOT POLITE)
- straight adjective, adverb (HONEST)
- tell verb (SPEAK)
- term noun (DESCRIPTION)
- terse adjective
- unvarnished adjective
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