adj .
abrupt in manner ; blunt 태도가 퉁명스러운 ; 무뚝뚝한

• The critic's review of the new play was short and brusque ; he wrote, "it stinks."
  새로 공연된 연극에 대한 평론가의 비평은 짧고 퉁명스러웠다 ; 그는 "연극이 형 편없다"고 잘라 말했다.
• Mother felt that the waiter had been brusque when he told her to put on shoes before entering the restaurant, so she called Father and had the waiter fired.