Meanings
adjectivebrusk (comparative brusker or more brusk, superlative bruskest or most brusk)
comparative brusker · comparative more brusk · superlative bruskest · superlative most brusk
- UKUSalternativeobsoleteAlternative spelling of brusque.
Whether it were the absence of Theodora or some other cause, he was brusk, ungracious, scowling, and silent, only nodding to the Bishop who benignly saluted him, […]
1870, B[enjamin] Disraeli, chapter XV, in Lothair. […], volume II, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., →OCLC, pages 161–162
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adjectivemarked by rude or peremptory shortness
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APA
brusk. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brusk
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“brusk.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brusk. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “brusk,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brusk.
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