Word Meanings - BRUSQUE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Rough and prompt in manner; blunt; abrupt; hluff; as, a brusque man; a brusque style. (more info) perh. fr. L. labrusca wild ; or cf. OHG. bruttisc grim,

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of BRUSQUE)

• Bluff
• Bare
• open
• bold
• abrupt
• frank
• plain-spoken
• blunt
• surly
• rude
• blustering
• swaggering
• brusque
• hectoring
• coarse
• discourteous
• rough
• bullying

Related words: (words related to BRUSQUE)

• ROUGHING-IN
  The first coat of plaster laid on brick; also, the process of applying it.
• FRANKALMOIGNE
  A tenure by which a religious corporation holds lands given to them and their successors forever, usually on condition of praying for the soul of the donor and his heirs; -- called also tenure by free alms. Burrill.
• ROUGHT
  imp. of Reach.
• ROUGHHEWN
  1. Hewn coarsely without smoothing; unfinished; not polished. 2. Of coarse manners; rude; uncultivated; rough-grained. "A roughhewn seaman." Bacon.
• FRANKFORT BLACK
  . A black pigment used in copperplate printing, prepared by burning vine twigs, the lees of wine, etc. McElrath.
• ROUGHLEG
  Any one of several species of large hawks of the genus Archibuteo, having the legs feathered to the toes. Called also rough- legged hawk, and rough-legged buzzard. Note: The best known species is Archibuteo lagopus of Northern Europe,
• BLUFF-HEADED
  Built with the stem nearly straight up and down.
• HECTORISM
  The disposition or the practice of a hector; a bullying.
• ROUGHINGS
  Rowen.
• ROUGHSHOD
  Shod with shoes armed with points or calks; as, a roughshod horse. To ride roughshod, to pursue a course regardless of the pain or distress it may cause others.
• COARSE
  was anciently written course, or cours, it may be an abbreviation of of course, in the common manner of proceeding, common, and hence, homely, made for common domestic use, plain, rude, rough, gross, e. 1. Large in bulk, or composed of large parts
• BLUFFNESS
  The quality or state of being bluff.
• BLUNTISH
  Somewhat blunt. -- Blunt"ish*ness, n.
• ABRUPTNESS
  1. The state of being abrupt or broken; craggedness; ruggedness; steepness. 2. Suddenness; unceremonious haste or vehemence; as, abruptness of style or manner.
• ROUGHTAIL
  Any species of small ground snakes of the family Uropeltidæ; -- so called from their rough tails.
• BLUFFY
  1. Having bluffs, or bold, steep banks. 2. Inclined to bo bluff; brusque.
• COARSELY
  In a coarse manner; roughly; rudely; inelegantly; uncivilly; meanly.
• ROUGHSTRINGS
  Pieces of undressed timber put under the steps of a wooden stair for their support.
• ROUGH-FOOTED
  Feather-footed; as, a rough-footed dove. Sherwood.
• HECTORLY
  Resembling a hector; blustering; insolent; taunting. "Hectorly, ruffianlike swaggering or huffing." Barrow.
• HIGH-WROUGHT
  1. Wrought with fine art or skill; elaborate. Pope. 2. Worked up, or swollen, to a high degree; as, a highwrought passion. "A high-wrought flood." Shak.
• THOROUGHWORT
  See BONESET
• THOROUGH BASS
  The representation of chords by figures placed under the base; figured bass; basso continuo; -- sometimes used as synonymous with harmony.
• DROUGHTY
  1. Characterized by drought; wanting rain; arid; adust. Droughty and parched countries. Ray. 2. Dry; thirsty; wanting drink. Thy droughty throat. Philips.