brusco
abrasive ; abrupt ; curt ; gruff ; blunt ; short ; short-tempered ; off-hand [offhand] ; quick-tempered ; ill-tempered ; brusque [brusk, -USA].
She wanted to say: 'You are a conceited, obstinate, inflexible, manipulative, pompous, close-minded, insensitive, abrasive, opinionated, platitudinous oaf!'.
There were abrupt fluctuations in his output from one week to the next.
The young man pointed to him and said in a sharp, curt tone: 'Let me see your briefcase'.
She is a controversial figure, and has a reputation for being direct and gruff.
The author discusses the range of enquiries he deals with, the sources of information he uses, and the blunt attitude with which he deals with many enquirers.
He first spotted trouble when she started being short with users and so he solved the problem by scaling back her workload.
A medical doctor had told him that the reason why women have faster pulse beats is because they are short-tempered.
The osteopath was accused of being off-hand with a female patient and not putting her at ease.
Lawson was a quick-tempered young woman but she also had a good heart and liked to dance when the mood struck her.
Ill-tempered girls were also twice as likely as even-tempered girls to be divorced women at midlife (26% vs. 12%).
A question put in such a brusque manner that I should have been offended had I not known the man to be an eccentric.
brusca y repentinamente
summarily
At coffee yesterday Jeff Gordon had apprised her of the fact that three of his engineers had been summarily terminated.
cambio brusco
flip-flop
Within this debate, there is flip-flop between those who argue for methods influenced by objectivism and those who argue for a more egalitarian approach.
cambio brusco de velocidad del viento [Cambios en la velocidad del viento dependiendo de la altura]
wind shear
Find conference papers that discuss wind shear and aircraft.
sucesión de cambios bruscos
wild ride
The market's wild ride in the last few weeks has created extra work for advisors - who have spent a lot of time reassuring panicky clients about their investments.
