Terse

Adjective

 * 1)  Polished, burnished; smooth; fine, neat, spruce.
 * 2)  Brief, concise, to the point.
 * He gave a terse, one-word answer.
 * Few writers were so terse.
 * 1) Abruptly or brusquely short.

Synonyms

 * abrupt
 * brusque
 * concise
 * curt
 * succinct
 * laconic
 * See also Thesaurus:concise

Antonyms

 * verbose
 * prolix

Derived terms

 * tersely
 * terseness

Adverbs for Terse
carefully; incisively;  bitterly;  cuttingly; sarcastically; insolently; indifferently; coldly; officially; wearily; cautiously; discreetly; formidably; rigidly; frigidly; curiously; perplexingly; unreasonably; unnecessarily; brusquely; bluntly; ominously; significantly; oddly.

Thesaurus
Attic, Ciceronian, Spartan, abbreviated, abridged, abrupt, aphoristic, aposiopestic, axiomatic, bluff, blunt, brief, brusque, chaste, classic, clear, clear-cut, clipped, close, close-tongued, closemouthed, compact, compendious, compressed, concentrated, concise, condensed, contracted, crisp, curt, cut, direct, distilled, docked, dumb, easy, economical of words, elegant, elliptic, epigrammatic, finished, formulaic, formulistic, gnomic, graceful, gracile, gruff, incisive, indisposed to talk, laconic, lean, limpid, lucid, mum, mute, natural, neat, pellucid, perspicuous, petulant, pithy, plain, platitudinous, pointed, polished, precise, proverbial, pruned, pungent, pure, quiet, refined, reserved, restrained, round, rude, sententious, short, short and sweet, shortened, silent, simple, snug, sparing of words, speechless, straightforward, succinct, summary, synopsized, taciturn, tart, tasteful, taut, tight, tight-lipped, to the point, tongue-tied, trim, truncated, unaffected, ungracious, unlabored, unloquacious, untalkative, word-bound, wordless

Etymology
From the year 1599, from ters:, from  tersus:, perfect passive participle of tergo:.

Translations

 * Finnish:
 * French: laconique
 * Hungarian: tömör
 * Icelandic: stuttur og gagnorður, stutt og gagnorð, stutt og gagnyrt; stuttur og laggóður, stutt og laggóð, stutt og laggott


 * Japanese: 簡明な
 * Polish:, lapidarny, zwięzły


 * Finnish:, töksähtävä
 * French: laconique, lapidaire


 * Japanese: ぶっきらぼうな
 * Polish:

Anagrams

 * ester
 * estre
 * reset
 * steer
 * stere
 * trees

Anagrams

 * ester, estre, êtres, reste, resté, stère, stéré

Verb
terse



Adjective
terse


 * 1) Plural of terso

Anagrams

 * Ester