2
testy(adjective, irritable, tetchy, snippy)
2
using few words(expression, idiom)
2
waspish(adjective, irritable, tetchy, snippy)
1
boiled down(expression, adjective, short, precise, quick)
1
acerbic(adjective, caustic, sarcastic)
1
acid(adjective, caustic, sarcastic)
1
apophthegmatic
1
breviloquent(adjective, open, rough, rude, short)
1
brusk
1
callous
1
censorious(moralizing, moralistic)
1
chic(irritable, tetchy, snippy)
1
churlish
1
closemouthed
1
cogent
1
common
1
compacted(rapid, swift, instant)
1
compendiary(adjective, rude, short, blunt, brief)
1
compendium
1
contracted
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