brusque
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Learner's definition of BRUSQUE
[more brusque; most brusque]
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talking or behaving in a very direct, brief, and unfriendly way
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She asked for a cup of coffee and received a brusque reply: “We don't have any.”
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The teacher was brusque and impatient.
— brusquely
adverb— brusqueness
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