Brusque

//bɹʊsk//

Synonyms for "brusque" (139 found)

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Closest matches (28)

Adjective(1 words)
brusk

Strong matches (42)

Adjective(1 words)
curt
Adjective(1 words)
offhand

Related words (69)

Adjective(1 words)
short
Adjective(1 words)
short

Related word relations

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3 relation types

derived

4 entries

related to

3 entries

similar

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Translations

78 translations across 34 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • ashpër adj (rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly)

Armenian

1 entries
  • բռի adj (rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • безцеремо́нен adj (rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly)
  • груб adj (rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly)
  • ря́зък adj (rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly)

Catalan

1 entries
  • brusc adj (rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly)

Cebuano

2 entries
  • brusko adj (rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly)
  • suplado adj (rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 唐突 adj (rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly)
  • 無禮 /无礼 adj (rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly)
  • 粗暴 adj (rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly)

Czech

1 entries
  • bryskní adj (rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly)

Danish

1 entries
  • brysk adj (rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly)

Dutch

3 entries
  • bruusk adj (rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly)
  • cassant adj (rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly)
  • kortaf adj (rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • abrupta adj (rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly)

Faroese

2 entries
  • hvassorðaður adj (rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly)
  • kvettorðaður adj (rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly)

Finnish

2 entries
  • jäyhä adj (rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly)
  • töykeä adj (rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly)

French

1 entries
  • brusque adj (rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly)

Georgian

1 entries
  • უხეში adj (rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly)

German

3 entries
  • brüsk adj (rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly)
  • brüskierend adj (rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly)
  • plötzlich adj (rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly)

Greek

3 entries
  • ανάγωγος adj (rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly)
  • απότομος adj (rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly)
  • σκαιός adj (rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • durva adj (rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly)
  • nyers adj (rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly)

Icelandic

4 entries
  • byrstur adj (rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly)
  • hastur adj (rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly)
  • hranalegur adj (rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly)
  • hrjúfur adj (rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly)

Indonesian

3 entries
  • hantam kromo adj (rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly)
  • kasar adj (rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly)
  • serampangan adj (rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly)

Irish

1 entries
  • borb adj (rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly)

Italian

4 entries
  • brusco adj (rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly)
  • sbrigativo adj (rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly)
  • spicciativo adj (rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly)
  • spiccio adj (rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly)

Japanese

4 entries
  • けんもほろろ adj (rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly)
  • ぶっきら棒な adj (rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly)
  • 無礼な adj (rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly)
  • 突っ慳貪 adj (rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly)

Korean

3 entries
  • 무디다 adj (rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly)
  • 무뚝뚝하다 verb (to act towards (someone or something) in a curt or rudely abrupt manner)
  • 퉁명스럽다 verb (to act towards (someone or something) in a curt or rudely abrupt manner)

Latin

1 entries
  • abscīsus adj (rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • о́тсечен adj (rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly)

Occitan

1 entries
  • brusc adj (rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly)

Polish

4 entries
  • kanciasty adj (rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly)
  • obcesowy adj (rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly)
  • opryskliwy adj (rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly)
  • oschły adj (rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • brusco adj (rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly)

Russian

3 entries
  • бесцеремо́нный adj (rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly)
  • гру́бый adj (rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly)
  • ре́зкий adj (rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly)

Scots

1 entries
  • affhand adj (rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly)

Spanish

2 entries
  • abrupto adj (rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly)
  • brusco adj (rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly)

Swedish

2 entries
  • brysk adj (rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly)
  • burdus adj (rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • безцеремо́нний adj (rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly)

Veps

1 entries
  • huiktelmatoi adj (rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly)

Sample sentences

23 total sentences available.

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The blueblood lady held the simple folks in disdain. In her eyes, they all looked boors with a brusque style, despite the fact that this time it is owing to them that she had roof above her head.

Source: tatoeba (5278081)

I was a little brusque with you before.

Source: tatoeba (5376472)

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; […]

Source: wiktionary

[A]ll the answer Miss Jarron got was a brusque refusal, followed by Mr. Camperton's retreat from the piano.

Source: wiktionary

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