brusque Definition

curt, brusk, discourteous, short, rude, abrupt, sharp, dramatic, rough, sudden, steep, raide, gruff, dismissive, brash, combative, truculent, pugnacious, sarcastic, confrontational, surly, snippy, terse, pushy, snappish, taciturn, forceful, polite, disdainful, boorish, undiplomatic, acerbic, tactless, haughty, unsympathetic, forthright, contemptuous, arrogant, ungracious, flippant, imperious, nonchalant, affable, businesslike, insolent, cantankerous, unstatesmanlike, abrasive, condescending, irascible, genial, blunt, prickly, jocular, officious, tactful, waspish, effusive, obsequious, laconic, phlegmatic, argumentative, solicitous, intemperate, accusatory, stoic, belligerent, scornful, supercilious, bumptious, humorless, glib, demonstrative, amiable, petulant, schoolmarmish, professorial, bombastic, chatty, wry, exasperated, deadpan, graceless, impolitic, deferential, cranky, unrude, bossy, diffident, impertinent, unmannerly, hotheaded, schoolmasterly, sardonic, choleric, unflappable, prolix, verbose, unexpressive, unquotable,