brusque

Rudely abrupt; curt, unfriendly.

• [A]ll the answer Miss Jarron got was a brusque refusal, followed by Mr. Camperton's retreat from the piano.
• Father Falkener vvas, at the time of this viſit, 'about ſeventy years of age, active in mind and body, bruſque in his manners,' and very communicative.

Sour, tart.obsolete

• [T]he thin and bruske harſh vvine doth nouriſh the bodie leſſe, but yet more agreeable and nutritive it is to the ſtomack.

To act towards (someone or something) in a curt or rudely abrupt manner.archaictransitive

• Had this been done, Denine had not been bruſqued and carried by Villars at the firſt aſſault, […]
• He was indefatigable while he stayed and took true pains, but he brusqued the ministers too much, and I found after he was gone that he had thereby given more offense than I could have imagined.