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testy(irritable, tetchy, snippy)
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waspish(irritable, tetchy, snippy)
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boiled down(expression, short, precise, quick)
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acerbic(caustic, sarcastic)
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acid(caustic, sarcastic)
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apophthegmatic
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breviloquent(open, rough, rude, short)
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callous
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churlish
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cogent
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common
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compendiary(rude, short, blunt, brief)
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crabbed
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crunchy
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crusty
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crystalline
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curmudgeonly
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curtailed
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cut to the bone(expression, idiom, short, brief)
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disagreeable(irritable, tetchy, snippy)
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