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๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ /tษœหrs/ ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง /tษœหs/
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adjective
R

speaking or writing in a very brief and clear way, sometimes in a way that seems rude or unfriendly

Her reply was so terse that it seemed unfriendly.

translation

adj. speaking or writing in a very brief and clear way, sometimes in a way that seems rude or unfriendly

Word Forms

Comparative terser
Superlative tersest

Synonyms

concise adj. ็ฎ€ๆด็š„, ็ฎ€็Ÿญ็š„ summary n. ๆ‘˜่ฆ brief adj. ็Ÿญๆš‚็š„, ็ฎ€ๆด็š„, ๆšด้œฒ็š„

Antonyms

prolix adj. ๅ•ฐๅ—ฆ circuitous adj. ่ฟ‚ๅ›ž็š„ repetitious adj. ้‡ๅค็š„ diffuse adj. ๆ‰ฉๆ•ฃ็š„, ๅ†—้•ฟ็š„ wordy adj. ๅ†—้•ฟ็š„ windy adj. ๅคš้ฃŽ็š„, ่ฟŽ้ฃŽ็š„, ็ฉบ่ฐˆ็š„ rambling adj. ๆ‚ไนฑๆ— ็ซ ็š„, ๅ†—้•ฟๆ‚ไนฑ็š„, ๆ”€็ผ˜็”Ÿ้•ฟ็š„ redundant adj. ๅ†—ไฝ™็š„, ไธๅฟ…่ฆ็š„ verbose adj. ๅ†—้•ฟ็š„

Similar Words

tease v. ๅ–็ฌ‘, ้€—ๅผ„, ๅŠ่ƒƒๅฃ, ้ข„ๅ‘Š, ๆ’•ๅผ€, ้€†ๆขณ tense adj. ็ดงๅผ ็š„, ๆƒ…็ปช็ดงๅผ ็š„, ็ดง็ปท็š„, ๆ‹‰็ดง็š„, ๅ‘้Ÿณ็ดงๅผ ็š„ there adv. ่กจ็คบๅญ˜ๅœจๆˆ–ๅ‘็”Ÿ, ๅœจ้‚ฃ้‡Œ, ๅญ˜ๅœจ็š„, ๅœจ้‚ฃไธ€็‚นไธŠ, ็”จไบŽๅผ•่ตทๆณจๆ„, ๆŒ‡ๅ‘็‰นๅฎšไบ‹็‰ฉ, ่กจ็คบๆŸไบบ็š„่ง’่‰ฒ