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Synonyms
brusque,
also brusk (brŭsk)

[French, lively, fierce, from Italian brusco, coarse, rough, from Late Latin brūscum, perhaps blend of Latin rūscus, butcher's broom,, Late Latin brūcus, heather; see briar1.]

adjective 

Abrupt and curt in manner or speech; discourteously blunt. See synonyms at gruff

derivatives

brusquély
adverb
brusquéness
noun