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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disrespectful, rough |
| Synonyms: | abrupt, abusive, bad-mannered, barbarian, barbaric, barbarous, blunt, boorish, brusque, brutish, cheeky, churlish, coarse, crabbed, crude, curt, discourteous, graceless, gross, gruff, ignorant, illiterate, impertinent, impolite, impudent, inconsiderate, insolent, insulting, intrusive, loutish, low, obscene, offhand, peremptory, raw, savage, scurrilous, short, surly, uncivil, uncivilized, uncouth, uncultured, uneducated, ungracious, unmannerly, unpolished, unrefined, vulgar, wild |
| Antonyms: | kind, mannerly, nice, polite, respectful |
| Main Entry: | succinct |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | brief, to the point |
| Synonyms: | blunt, boiled down, breviloquent, brusque, compact, compendiary, compendious, concise, condensed, curt, cut to the bone, in a nutshell, in few words, laconic, pithy, short, summary, terse |
| Antonyms: | lengthy, long-winded, wordy |
| Main Entry: | summary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | concise, to the point |
| Synonyms: | arbitrary, boiled down, breviloquent, brief, compact, compacted, compendiary, compendious, condensed, cursory, curt, hasty, in a nutshell, laconic, perfunctory, pithy*, recapped, rehashed, run-down, run-through, short, short and sweet, succinct, terse |
| Notes: | a paraphrase is a restatement or rewording of a text or passage for the purpose of clarification; a summary is a brief statement that presents the main points in a concise form; a summation is a summary or argument reviewing the principal points made and expressing conclusions |
| Antonyms: | lengthy, long, long-winded, unabridged, wordy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | taciturn |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | uncommunicative |
| Synonyms: | aloof, antisocial, brooding, clammed up, close, close-mouthed, cold, curt, distant, dour, dried-up, dumb, laconic, mum, mute, quiet, reserved, reticent, sententious, silent, sparing, speechless, tight-lipped, unexpressive, unforthcoming, withdrawn |
| Antonyms: | communicative, fluent, talkative, wordy |
| Main Entry: | terse |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | brief, short |
| Synonyms: | abrupt, aphoristic, boiled down, breviloquent, brusque, clear-cut, clipped, close, compact, compendiary, compendious, concise, condensed, crisp, cryptic, curt, cut to the bone, elliptical, epigrammatic, exact, gnomic, in a nutshell, incisive, laconic, lean, neat, pithy, pointed, precise, sententious, short and sweet, snappy, succinct, summary, taut, to the point, trenchant |
| Notes: | use terse to characterize brevity or succinctness of expression in a person; concise is used to characterize this in a message |
| Antonyms: | lengthy, long-winded, prolix, wordy |
| Main Entry: | uncivil |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rude |
| Synonyms: | abrupt, bad-mannered, barbaric, blunt, boorish, coarse, curt, discourteous, gross, gruff, ill-mannered, impolite, inconsiderate, insulting, mannerless, uncivilized, uncouth, uncultured, unfriendly, ungentlemanly, unmannerly, unpolished, unrefined, vulgar |
| Main Entry: | uncommunicative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | shy, silent |
| Synonyms: | aloof, buttoned up, clammed up, close, close-mouthed, curt, distant, dried up, evasive, guarded, hush-hush, offish, on the QT, quiet, reserved, reticent, retiring, secretive, short, standoffish, taciturn, tight-lipped, unapproachable, unresponsive, unsociable |
| Antonyms: | communicative, confident, extroverted, responsive |
| Main Entry: | snappish |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | grouchy |
| Synonyms: | angry, cantankerous, captious, crabby, cranky, cross, curt, edgy, irascible, irritable, peevish, petulant, short, splenetic, testy, touchy |
| Antonyms: | good-natured |
| Main Entry: | scorching |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | harsh |
| Synonyms: | caustic, curt, derisive, nasty, sarcastic, scathing, scornful |
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