Brusque and Polite

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Brusque

Brusque adjective - Being or characterized by direct, brief, and potentially rude speech or manner.
Usage example: a brusque and unhelpful reply from the clerk in the hardware store
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Polite is an antonym for brusque in curt topic.
Nearby Word: brusquely

Polite

Polite adjective - Showing consideration, courtesy, and good manners.
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Brusque is an antonym for polite.
Nearby Words: politeness, politely
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  • Polite Villains, Rude Heroes Part of the reason why Zero Wing was so badly translated is that CATS is using a very formal and polite form of Japanese, while the Captain and his crew are using a brusque, informal form.
    Source: Polite Villains, Rude Heroes
  • The Stoic His quiet demeanor tends towards the brusque or outright rudeness, though there are a few polite Stoics.
    Source: The Stoic
  • In Sandy Mitchell's Warhammer 40,000 novel Scourge The Heretic, Secundan society is so hierarchical, and superiors are never polite to inferiors, even Inquisition agents have to be brusque to get treated as serious; those who qualify for this trope are taken as inferior.
    Source: Nice to the Waiter
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