terse

Speech parts

1. terse - Adjective

3. terse - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Appearing as if rubbed or wiped off; rubbed; smooth; polished.

Refined; accomplished; -- said of persons.

Elegantly concise; free of superfluous words; polished to smoothness; as, terse language; a terse style.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

curt compact concise crisp neat laconic elliptic bluff little short brief pointed sharp summary elliptical
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Antonyms

long complete enormous lengthy ambiguous diffuse
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Anagrams

ester estre reset steer stere stree teres reest seter trees

Examples

History...” Jacobs spoke with terse authority. Brought Ori to a hush. "Is all full. And dripping. With the corpses. Of them who trusted the incorruptible. China Miéville

The moment Colin sat down, Hollis asked Hassan, "Would you like to say grace?" "Sure thing." Hassan cleared his throat. "Bismallah." Then he picked up his fork. "That's it?" Hollis wondered. "That's it. We are a terse people. Terse, and also hungry." John Green (author)

The grown-ups snapped the chillies (each made a sound terse as a satirical retort), and scattered the tiny, deadly seeds in their food. Amit Chaudhuri

As we divest ourselves of once familiar physical objects - digitize and dematerialize - we approach a 'Star Trek' future in which everything can be accessed from the fourth dimension with a few clicks or terse audibles. James Wolcott

a crisp retort Source: Internet

a response so curt as to be almost rude Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Terryology tersanctus Terschelling tersely tersely expressed terseness