The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word TERSE , but the solution may also be ABRUPT which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in New York Times).
Brusque crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| TERSE | 34 % | 5 |
| CURT | 28 % | 4 |
| ABRUPT | 13 % | 6 |
| RUDE | 13 % | 4 |
| SHORT | 5 % | 5 |
| GRUFF | 4 % | 5 |
| SNIPPY | 1 % | 6 |
| OFFHAND | 1 % | 7 |
| HARSH | 1 % | 5 |
Why may ABRUPT be the right solution?
"Brusque" means abrupt or blunt in manner or speech. "Abrupt" is a synonym of "brusque", meaning sudden and unexpected. Therefore, "ABRUPT" is the right solution for the crossword clue "Brusque".
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Brusque
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- brusk
- discourteous
- short
- curt
- rough
- rude
- abrupt
- sudden
- dramatic
- sharp
- steep
- raide
Crossword Answer definitions
TERSE adjective- (by extension) Of speech or style: brief, concise, to the point.
- (by extension) Of manner or speech: abruptly or brusquely short; curt.
- Burnished, polished; fine, smooth; neat, spruce.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result TERSE
- Brusque
- Not mincing words
- Right to the point
- To the point
- Not windy
- Direct
- Short and sweet
- Concise
- Clipped
- Pithy
More clues leading to the result CURT
- Rudely brief
- Brusque
- Abbreviated
- Hardly windy
- To the point
- Of few words
- Snappish
- On the short side?
- Hardly garrulous
- Clipped (or the start of an Air Force general's split personality)
More clues leading to the result ABRUPT
- Rather sudden
- Brusque in manner
- Sudden
- Unceremoniously curt
- Curt
- Without warning
- Brusque
- Short-spoken
- Unexpected
- Discourteously curt
More clues leading to the result RUDE
- Lacking couth
- Lacking refinement
- Uncouth
- Boorish
- Hardly gentlemanly
- Discourteous
- Ill-mannered
- Impolite
- Least like Miss Manners
- Bad-mannered
More clues leading to the result SHORT
- Comedian Martin ___
- Wiring problem
- Strapped for cash
- Knee-high to a grasshopper
- Funnyman Martin
- Lacking a quorum
- Like some tempers
- Lacking sufficient funds
- Unlike a shaggy-dog story
- Word before bread or cake
More clues leading to the result GRUFF
- Brusque
- Fairy-tale billy goat
- Curmudgeonly
- Churlish
- Brusque and surly
- Crusty
- Surly
- Hoarse
- Bearish.
- Harsh and throaty.
More clues leading to the result SNIPPY
- Condescendingly sharp
- Short
- Rudely curt
- Curt
- Impertinent
- Haughtily terse
- Insolently curt
- Sharp-tongued
- Short-tempered
- Putting on airs: Colloq.
More clues leading to the result OFFHAND
- Extempore, as remarks
- Unrehearsed
- Casual, as a remark
- Brusque
- Impromptu.
- Casual.
- Extempore.
- Impromptu
- Without thinking
- Readily available ... testing, testing ... rats, try this clue: Casual, as a remark