brusque

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

brusque [brusque brusquer brusquest] BrE [bruːsk] BrE [brʊsk] NAmE [brʌsk] adjective
using very few words and sounding rude
Syn: ↑abrupt, Syn: ↑curt
•The doctor spoke in a brusque tone.
Derived Words: ↑brusquely ▪ ↑brusqueness

Word Origin:
mid 17th cent.: from French, ‘lively, fierce,’ from Italian brusco ‘sour’.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  brusk, curt, short(p)