brusque

• His animated speeches--brusque, martial, and full of feeling--made quite a sensation. —  Renée Mauperin
• They think him raw, brusque, and uncultivated. —  Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals
• And, in proportion as these gained strength, so increased Gil Uraga's confidence in himself, till at length he assumed an air of effrontery--almost insolence--towards his superior officer; and towards the sister, in the interviews he was permitted with her, a manner significantly corresponding These were few, and still less frequent, as his brusque behaviour began to manifest itself. —  The Lone Ranche
• It was simply incredible that this brusque, matter-of-fact young woman whom she had held in secret contempt should be the daughter of a man whose name was known and honored throughout the newspaper world. —  Grace Harlowe's Fourth Year at Overton College
• The Shinto[u] priest was brusque, as is the way of the kind. —  The Yotsuya Kwaidan or O'Iwa Inari Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 1 (of 2)

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