Brusque a. Rough and prompt in manner; blunt; abrupt; bluff; as, a brusque man; a brusque style.
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brusque
adj : marked by rude or peremptory shortness; "try to cultivate a
less brusque manner"; "a curt reply"; "the salesgirl
was very short with him" [syn: brusk, curt, short(p)]