BRUSQUE
- abrupt in speech or manner
- markedly short and abrupt.
- markedly short and abrupt
- abrupt in manner, also BRUSK [adj BRUSQUER, BRUSQUEST]
- A person may be described as brusque when they are talking or behaving in a very direct, brief, and unfriendly way. Brusque can also describe speech that is noticeably short and abrupt.
- abrupt in manner [adj BRUSQUER, BRUSQUEST]