Brusk: alternatives and connections

Uncivil; rude; wanting in courtesy or good manners; uncourteous.

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Uncivil; rude; wanting in courtesy or good manners; uncourteous.

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Quality of being brusque; roughness joined with promptness; bluntness.

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Quality of being brusque; roughness joined with promptness; bluntness.

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Rough and prompt in manner; blunt; abrupt; bluff; as, a brusque man; a brusque style.

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Characterized by excessive brevity; short; rudely concise; as, curt limits; a curt answer.

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Not long; having brief length or linear extension; as, a short distance; a short piece of timber; a short flight.

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.