Answer: brusque

AnswerCrossword Clue
BRUSQUEShort in manner
BRUSQUERudely terse
BRUSQUEShort but not sweet
BRUSQUECurt
BRUSQUEShort
BRUSQUEAbrupt.
BRUSQUECurt.
BRUSQUEAbrupt
BRUSQUEAbrupt in speech
BRUSQUECurtly abrupt
brusqueabrupt in speech or manner
brusquemarkedly short and abrupt
brusqueabrupt in manner, also BRUSK
brusqueabrupt in manner; blunt; rough.