brusque

At a factory down the road, the response to queries was more brusque. "We've already gone bust, " said a man, and hung up.

He generally affected a brusque manner, but he had a great smile, a good sense of humor, and a keen understanding of human nature.

I got his secretary who was rather brusque with me and told me to call back later.

You probably walked away thinking they were pretty unfriendly, even if you intellectually knew they may have had a reason for being brusque.

She dropped her head; then, with a brusque movement, she pulled to the door, which closed behind her.

try to cultivate a less brusque manner; a curt reply; the salesgirl was very short with him.

Remembering Aunty Henny's own brusque attitude towards superfluous objects and papers, I did not doubt that he was right.

Management Style: "Brusque" would be a polite term for it.

His keen grey eye, impersonal and brusque, flashed upon her half impatiently.

For all his brusque bullheadedness, he had taken great risks to win a more secure future for Israel.

His manner is brusque and prosecutorial: "cold to colleagues and cruel to staff" , as the National Review said.

His answer would still have been no, but he might not have been so brusque.

This is a brusque , impetuous melody whose tension is underlined by dotted rhythm, wide leaps, and a wide span .

I thought him more sensitive and gentle than his occasionally brusque manner suggested.

The marching was quick, the movements brusque, and there were many high kicks and foot stampings.

surprisingly and unceremoniously brusque in manner.

Walter found his new charge brusque and unapproachable , the hours were incredibly long.

Wise behaviour in such places is to walk fast, avoid eye contact and be brusque with strangers.

But Mr Fenty's brusque style has alienated many of his constituents.

Mr Edelman could be brusque and difficult with colleagues.

Elsewhere he expresses a brusque impatience with charity and the clamor of worthy causes.

He was criticised from the outset as being brusque and confrontational.

When a friend asked one Ahmadinejad supporter his reasons, the reply was brusque: because "all the whores are with Moussavi. "

Indeed, some point out that Britain has a long history of brusque and occasional brutish behavior.

brusque and surly and forbidding.

How can you be brusque without seeming too, well, brusque?

The only note that jars slightly with my memories is that I recall many Hong Kong people as being, well, brusque.

brusque (adj. ) : rough and abrupt in manlier or speech. curt

"To them she is not a brusque crazy, but 'appropriately passionate'" (Mary McGrory)