brusque
adjective/bruːsk/, /brʊsk/
/brʌsk/
- using very few words and sounding rude synonym abrupt, curt
- The doctor spoke in a brusque tone.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryBrusque is used with these nouns:- manner
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from French, ‘lively, fierce,’ from Italian brusco ‘sour’.Definitions on the go
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