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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

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


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Brusk \Brusk\, a. Same as Brusque. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

brusk adj 1: marked by rude or peremptory shortness; "try to cultivate a less brusque manner"; "a curt reply"; "the salesgirl was very short with him" [syn: brusque, brusk, curt, short(p)]