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brusque
If you describe a person or their behaviour as brusque, you mean that they deal with things, or say things, quickly and shortly, so that they seem to be rude. The doctors are brusque and busy... They received a characteristically brusque reply from him. = abrupt ADJ • brusquely ‘It’s only a sprain,’ Paula said brusquely. ADV: ADV with v
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also brusk adjective Etymology: French ~, from Italian brusco, from Medieval Latin bruscus butcher's-broom (plant with bristly twigs) Date: 1651 1. markedly short and abrupt 2. blunt in manner or speech often to the point of ungracious harshness Synonyms: see bluff • ~ly adverb • ~ness noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adj. abrupt or offhand in manner or speech. Derivatives brusquely adv. brusqueness n. brusquerie n. Etymology: F f. It. brusco sour ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. грубый, резкий, бесцеремонный blunt and brusque ways of speaking —- прямая и резкая манера говорить 2. обходиться грубо, бесцеремонно ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. adj. отрывистый, резкий; бесцеремонный Syn: abrupt, bluff, blunt, curt, gruff, surly Ant: diplomatic, gracious, mannerly, polite, tactful, unctuous, urbane 2. v. обходиться грубо, бесцеремонно с кем-л. ...Англо-русский словарь
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~ adj using very few words in a way that seems rude but is not intended to be (He was rather brusque on the phone.) - brusquely adv ("You'd better leave," she said brusquely.) - brusqueness n ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 1651, from Fr. brusque "lively, fierce," from It. adj. brusco "sharp, tart," perhaps from V.L. *bruscum "butcher's broom plant." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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