short-spoken

[ shawrt-spoh-kuh n ]
/ ˈʃɔrtˈspoʊ kən /
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adjective

speaking in a short, brief, or curt manner.

Origin of short-spoken

First recorded in 1860–65

Words nearby short-spoken

short-order, short-range, short-run, short-sheet, short-sighted, short-spoken, short-staffed, short-tailed shearwater, short-tailed shrew, short-tempered, short-term

Words related to short-spoken

blunt, brief, brusque, crude, crusty, curt, direct, discourteous, gruff, impetuous, impolite, matter-of-fact, rough, short, snappy, snippy, uncivil, ungracious

Example sentences from the Web for short-spoken

  • I was trying to move the sofa at the moment and I was inclined to be short-spoken.

    Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, July 14th, 1920 |Various

  • One may be naturally cold, short-spoken and stern, the other suave and gentle, yet both be equally good leaders.

    Manpower |Lincoln Clarke Andrews

  • The next day he was as short-spoken as Bat Truxton had been the day before Hapgood had tempted him, as irritable.

    Under Handicap |Jackson Gregory

  • He is a decent, bluff, short-spoken old chap, with his heart in his work.

    Max Carrados |Ernest Bramah

British Dictionary definitions for short-spoken

short-spoken

adjective

tending to be abrupt in speech