Brusque and Rough

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Brusque adjective - Being or characterized by direct, brief, and potentially rude speech or manner.

Usage example: a brusque and unhelpful reply from the clerk in the hardware store

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Rough is a synonym for brusque in coarse topic. In some cases you can use "Rough" instead an adjective "Brusque".

Nearby Word: brusquely

Rough adjective - Covered with or as if with hair.

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Brusque is a synonym for rough in rude topic. You can use "Brusque" instead an adjective "Rough", if it concerns topics such as coarse, boorish, ungracious.

Kubinashi also appears gentle but he has a dangerously murderous side, while Itaku is brusque and rough, and the gentleness is buried very deep.

Source: Manga / Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan
Xan is outright rough and unfriendly with everybody but Rio, who he dotes over in his own, brusque way.

Source: Ho Yay / Web Comics

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