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Thesaurus: brusque

Rough and prompt in manner; blunt; abrupt; bluff; as, a brusque man; a brusque style.

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  1. a. Rough and prompt in manner; blunt; abrupt; bluff; as, a brusque man; a brusque style.
  2. adj. marked by rude or peremptory shortness
  3. Rough and prompt in manner; blunt; abrupt; hluff; as, a brusque man; a brusque style.
  4. Rough and prompt in manner; blunt; abrupt; hluff; as, a brusqueman; a brusque style.
  5. j:100 s. marked by rude or peremptory shortness