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Definition/Meaning

(adjective)

short, abrupt or harsh in speech or manner;

e.g. Her impatience made her brusque and short tempered with her replies.

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Similar Words

Abrupt

Bluff

Blunt

Caddish

Crusty

Curt

Downright

Incisive

Lippy

Point-blank

Sharp-tongued

Short

Snippy

Spiky

Tongue-in-cheek

Unceremonious

Undesigning

Unsubtle

Well-turned

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Opposite Words

Affable

Circuitous

Civil

Considerate

Cordial

Courteous

Courtly

Cultivated

Diffuse

Diplomatic

Gallant

Garrulous

Gracious

Hospitable

Long-winded

Loquacious

Mealymouthed

Polished

Politic

Prolix

Rambling

Refined

Smooth

Sociable

Suave

Tactful

Talkative

Verbose

Voluble

Wordy

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Related Words

Acerb

Acerbic

Acid

Acidic

Acidulous

Acrid

Artless

Barbed

Biting

Brief

Candid

Capsule

Caustic

Closemouthed

Compact

Compendious

Concise

Corrosive

Crass

Crisp

Curt

Cutting

Direct

Discourteous

Earnest

Elliptical

Forthcoming

Forthright

Foursquare

Frank

Free-spoken

Gruff

Honest

Ill-bred

Ill-mannered

Impertinent

Impolite

Inconsiderate

Insensitive

Laconic

Low

Mannered

Monosyllabic

Mordant

Open

Openhearted

Out-front

Outspoken

Pithy

Plain

Plainspoken

Point-blank

Pungent

Reserved

Reticent

Rough

Rude

Sarcastic

Sardonic

Satiric

Scalding

Scathing

Sententious

Sharp

Sincere

Smart aleck

Smart-mouthed

Snappish

Snarky

Straight

Straight-out

Straightforward

Succinct

Summary

Tactless

Tart

Terse

Thoughtless

Thumbnail

Tight-lipped

Uncalled-for

Uncivil

Uncouth

Undiplomatic

Ungracious

Unguarded

Unhandsome

Unmannered

Unmannerly

Unreserved

Up-front

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