shortspoken

Main Entry:
short-spoken [shawrt-spoh-kuhn]
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: abrupt
Synonyms: blunt, brief, brusque, crude, crusty, curt, direct, discourteous, gruff, impetuous, impolite, matter-of-fact, rough, short, snappy, snippy, uncivil, ungracious
Relevant Questions
Main Entry: short
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: abrupt, discourteous
Synonyms: bad-tempered, blunt, breviloquent, brief, brusque, curt, direct, gruff, impolite, inconsiderate, irascible, offhand, rude, sharp, short-spoken, short-tempered, snappy, snippety, snippy, straight, terse, testy, thoughtless, unceremonious, uncivil, ungracious
Antonyms: courteous, kind, polite
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Main Entry: short
Part of Speech: adjective, adverb
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Adjectives:
brachyskelic, brief, commatic, compact, compendious, concise, curt, curtailed of its fair proportion, dumpy, fubsy, improcerous, little, oblate, pug, runtish, scrimp, shorn, short, short by, short-waisted, spuddy, squab, squabbish, squabby, squat, stubbed, stubby, stumpy, summary, thickset, undersized
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