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The words churlish, abrupt, curt, and grumpy all have similar meanings. Which of these words has a similar denotation?

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The denotation of a word is its literal meaning, not its implied one. All of the given words refer to a stop that is sudden and rude. Therefore, their denotation would be "stop" or "cut off".
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