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brusk

WordNet
  1. (adj) brusk
    marked by rude or peremptory shortness "try to cultivate a less brusque manner","a curt reply","the salesgirl was very short with him"
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
  1. Brusk
    Same as Brusque.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. brusk
    Abrupt in manner; rough; rude.
  2. brusk
    Synonyms see abrupt.
  3. brusk
    In heraldry, tawny.
  4. brusk
    To treat with scant courtesy or in a brusk, offhand way: as,”in this first dialogue he brusques Tasso,”
Usage in literature

A young man rose very bruskly and asked if there was any one he would like to see. "Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete" by Albert Bigelow Paine

He put one arm round her shoulder bruskly, and his hand closed on her tightly. "In the Wilderness" by Robert Hichens

He greeted her bruskly. "Famous Affinities of History, V2" by Lyndon Orr

He greeted her bruskly. "Famous Affinities of History, Vol 1-4, Complete" by Lyndon Orr

Flint had been direct and business-like almost to the point of bruskness. "The Blood Red Dawn" by Charles Caldwell Dobie

I live much alone and I fear my manner grows brusk. "The Green Eyes of Bâst" by Sax Rohmer

Excuse me for seeming to be brusk and arbitrary," said the lieutenant smiling, "but I can't permit you to go back. "Ned, Bob and Jerry on the Firing Line" by Clarence Young

Keith was brisk and brusk, breathing prosperity. "Rimrock Trail" by J. Allan Dunn

He saw that I was brusk, so what does he do but draw me aside for a quiet explanation. "International Short Stories" by Various

She interrupted him bruskly. "The Gay Adventure" by Richard Bird