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Brusque vs Politeness - What's the difference?

brusque | politeness |

As an adjective brusque

is rudely abrupt, unfriendly.

As a noun politeness is

the quality of being polite.

brusque

English

Alternative forms

* brusk

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • Rudely abrupt, unfriendly.
  • * 1858 , , Dr Thorne , ch. 3:
    • He was brusque , authoritative, given to contradiction, rough though never dirty in his personal belongings, and inclined to indulge in a sort of quiet raillery.

    Quotations

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    Related terms

    * brusquely * brusqueness

    References

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    politeness

    English

    (wikipedia politeness)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • The quality of being polite.

    • Synonyms

    * (the act of being polite): affability, civility, courtliness, etiquette

    Antonyms

    * (the act of being polite): impoliteness, rudeness