Prickly and brusque Crossword Clue

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(adjective)
1. deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion
2. brusque and surly and forbidding

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

BRUSQUE (adjective)
1. marked by rude or peremptory shortness
PRICKLY (adjective)
1. having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.
2. very irritable

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