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Another word for brusque

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Adjective

  1. Rudely unceremonious

    See also:

    attitude

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Another word for brusque

Modifier
  1. See also:

    blunt

    blunt

    abrupt

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Sentence Examples

  • He was brusque and candid, two traits she hadn't yet gotten used to.

  • His tone was brusque.

  • The Bulgarians, on their side, allocated a whole army to the task of dealing with it, by investment, brusque assault or regular siege, or a combination of those methods.

  • Brusque, impatient and sarcastic, his often abrasive manner rubbed many crewmembers the wrong way.

  • Recollections of their easy triumph in 1894 and perhaps thoughts of Sevastopol, German theories of the " brusque attack," the fiery ardour of the army, and above all the need of rapidly crushing or expelling the squadron in harbour, combined to suggest a bombardment and general assault.

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