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brusque
UK /bɹʊsk/ US /bɹʌsk/
adj 2verb 1name 1
Collocations
4ADJ.
little
VERB + BRUSQUE
got
BRUSQUE + NOUN
refusal
PREP.
with
Definitions
adj
1
Rudely abrupt; curt, unfriendly.
Mr. VValler, being probably of opinion that Monſieur Palamede’s arguments vvere too bruſque to be advanc’d in a diſpute vvith a Lady, vvho number’d not fevver than tvventy Kings of her progenitors, vvrote this poem in a more tender and courtly ſtyle; […]
[A]ll the answer Miss Jarron got was a brusque refusal, followed by Mr. Camperton's retreat from the piano.
2
Sour, tart.
[T]he thin and bruske harſh vvine doth nouriſh the bodie leſſe, but yet more agreeable and nutritive it is to the ſtomack.
verb
1
To act towards (someone or something) in a curt or rudely abrupt manner.
Had this been done, Denine had not been bruſqued and carried by Villars at the firſt aſſault, […]
He was indefatigable while he stayed and took true pains, but he brusqued the ministers too much, and I found after he was gone that he had thereby given more offense than I could have imagined.
name
1
A municipality of Santa Catarina, Brazil.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
adjective — marked by rude or peremptory shortness
- brusk
- curt
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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Mr. VValler, being probably of opinion that Monſieur Palamede’s arguments vvere too bruſque to be advanc’d in a diſpute vvith a Lady, vvho number’d not fevver than tvventy Kings of her progenitors, vv
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[A]ll the answer Miss Jarron got was a brusque refusal, followed by Mr. Camperton's retreat from the piano.
Wiktionary03
Father Falkener vvas, at the time of this viſit, 'about ſeventy years of age, active in mind and body, bruſque in his manners,' and very communicative.
Wiktionary04
Had this been done, Denine had not been bruſqued and carried by Villars at the firſt aſſault, […]
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He was indefatigable while he stayed and took true pains, but he brusqued the ministers too much, and I found after he was gone that he had thereby given more offense than I could have imagined.
Wiktionary06
Not that I suspect you of thus brusquing matters. It is rather my own fault where, which is too often the case, I am not too negligent about the spiritual concerns of my friends.
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