adjective. Abrupt and curt in manner or speech; discourteously blunt. synonym: gruff.

See brusk, bruskly.

noun. See brusk, bruskness.

adjective. Rough and prompt in manner; blunt; abrupt; bluff.

adjective. Rudely abrupt, unfriendly.

adjective. marked by rude or peremptory shortness

"'I suppose there would be no objection to the match if they do care for each other,' said Mrs. Wrottesley, in a manner that was often called brusque and had served to make her unpopular."

discourteous  

brusquely  brusqueness  

Rusk  busk  cusk  dusk  husk  

abrupt  boisterous  brisk  businesslike  contemptuous  

Spartan  abbreviated  abridged  abrupt  abrupt