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| testy(adjective, irritable, tetchy, snippy) | |
| using few words(expression, idiom) | |
| waspish(adjective, irritable, tetchy, snippy) | |
| boiled down(expression, adjective, short, precise, quick) | |
| acerbic(adjective, caustic, sarcastic) | |
| acid(adjective, caustic, sarcastic) | |
| apophthegmatic | |
| breviloquent(adjective, open, rough, rude, short) | |
| brusk | |
| callous | |
| censorious(moralizing, moralistic) | |
| chic(irritable, tetchy, snippy) | |
| churlish | |
| closemouthed | |
| cogent | |
| common | |
| compacted(rapid, swift, instant) | |
| compendiary(adjective, rude, short, blunt, brief) | |
| compendium | |
| contracted |
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