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brusque

adjective
🔊/bruːsk/, 🔊/brʊsk/
🔊/brʌsk/
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  1. using very few words and sounding rude寡言而无礼的 synonym abrupt, curt
    • The doctor spoke in a brusque tone.医生不客气地简单说了几个字。🔊🔊
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryBrusque is used with these nouns:
    • manner
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    Word Originmid 17th cent.: from French, ‘lively, fierce,’ from Italian brusco ‘sour’.