brusque
adjective
abrupt in manner; blunt; rough.
brusqueness
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a word derived from
brusque.
Example Sentences
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His brusqueness was deliberate, a way “of presenting himself and covering up his actual feelings.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
She picked up to be told with stunning brusqueness that Mara, their 19-year-old daughter, had been killed in a car accident.
From New York Times ● Mar. 24, 2022
The choice reflected Hern’s personality: direct, often to the point of brusqueness, especially when it came to the things he cared about most.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2022
Leigh, another of Seattle’s great actors, is a more distant presence here, with an aloof brusqueness that could be an 18-year-old’s lashing out or a 40-something’s entrenched protective mechanism.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 29, 2021
There lay nothing in between; they did not say as much, but their brusqueness implied it.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
