Crossword clues for brusqueness
brusqueness
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Brusqueness
Brusqueness \Brusque"ness\, n.
Quality of being brusque; roughness joined with promptness;
bluntness.
--Brit. Quar.
Wiktionary
brusqueness
n. The state or quality of being brusque.
WordNet
brusqueness
n. an abrupt discourteous manner [syn: abruptness, curtness, gruffness, shortness]
Usage examples of "brusqueness".
Kirk cut him off with the same impatient brusqueness that would strike fear into the hearts of his subordinates when he was twenty years more refined.
The brusqueness of his statement was quite neutralized by the proud there-wasn't-that-clever-of-me smile he gave Sadler, who was now wondering what would be a suitable reward for his enterprise.
The laughter in his eyes saddened briefly into wistfulness, then brusqueness as he held her away from him and said, "We'd better go now.