brusque

Organizers forbade several of their key moves as their brusque victories weren’t telegenic.

Some have attributed this to his brusque, sometimes confrontational demeanor, others to classist prejudice.

Art from ancient Thrace is often flashy and brusque, as befits a warrior tribe.

He relates to Winnifred as both pal and prospective bedmate, and as their bond intensifies, his slightly weird familiarity with one of the male servants grows more brusque.

Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin, who ran against her for mayor as an old-school progressive, said she could be uncompromising and brusque in policy deliberations.