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terse

adjective

he issued a terse warning:

curt, brusque, abrupt, clipped, blunt, gruff, short, brief, concise, succinct, to the point, compact, crisp, pithy, incisive, short and sweet, economical, laconic, epigrammatic, summary, condensed.

▷antonyms long-winded, verbose, rambling; polite.

choose the right word	terse, brusque, abrupt, curt
See brusque.

terse Oxford Dictionary of English