1. (adj)brusque, brusk, curt, short(p) marked by rude or peremptory shortness "try to cultivate a less brusque manner"; "a curt reply"; "the salesgirl was very short with him"
Definitions of 'brusque'
Webster 1913 Dictionary
1. (adj)brusque rough and prompt in manner; blunt; abrupt; bluff; as, a brusque man; a brusque style