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21brusque — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ abrupt or offhand. DERIVATIVES brusquely adverb brusqueness noun. ORIGIN French, lively, fierce , from Italian brusco sour …
22brusque — [brusk; bro͞osk, broosk] adj. [Fr < It brusco < ML bruscus, brushwood; prob. akin to BRUSH1, but infl. by It rusco < L ruscum, butcher s broom] rough and abrupt in manner or speech; curt: also brusk SYN. BLUNT brusquely adv. brusqueness… …
23brusque — (bru sk ) adj. 1° Qui a une rudesse mêlée de promptitude. Homme brusque. Ton brusque. Style brusque. • Dans vos brusques chagrins je ne puis rien comprendre, MOLIÈRE Misanthrope, I, 1. • Il a le repart brusque et l accueil loup garou,… …
24BRUSQUE — adj. des deux genres Prompt et rude. Homme brusque. Femme brusque. Humeur brusque. Il est fort brusque dans ses reparties. Il se dit, dans un sens analogue, Du ton, des manières, des discours, etc. Air brusque. Manières brusques. Ton brusque.… …
25BRUSQUE — adj. des deux genres Qui agit par saccades violentes. Il est fort brusque dans ses reparties. Manières brusques. Ton brusque. Faire une réponse brusque. Il signifie aussi Qui est subit et inopiné. Un changement brusque. Une démarche brusque. Une… …
26brusque — adjective his brusque manners Syn: curt, abrupt, blunt, short, sharp, terse, peremptory, gruff; offhand, discourteous, impolite, rude; informal snappy Ant: polite •• brusque, blunt, bluff, curt, gruff, surly Brusque, wh …
27Brusque — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom.  Brésil Brusque est une ville de l État de …
28brusque — [[t]brʌ̱sk[/t]] ADJ GRADED If you describe a person or their behaviour as brusque, you mean that they deal with things, or say things, quickly and shortly, so that they seem to be rude. The doctors are brusque and busy... They received a… …
29brusque — [17] Brusque comes ultimately from the name of an unpleasant spiky shrub, the butcher’s broom, which instead of normal branches and leaves has twigs flattened into a leaflike shape, with at their ends stiff spines. The term for this in Vulgar… …
30brusque — UK [bruːsk] / UK [brʊsk] / US adjective a) speaking quickly in an unfriendly way using very few words His tone was brusque. b) using quick movements that show that you do not feel friendly towards someone her brusque manner Derived words:… …
