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Rudely abrupt in one's manner or response

Concise and to the point

(of a person) Lacking sophistication or refinement

Showing haughty disregard

Having or showing a tendency to be quickly irritated or provoked

Unwilling to talk or impart information

Rude and unpleasant in manner

Fast or responsive in one's thinking

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Adjective

Rudely abrupt in one's manner or response

straightforward

uncomplimentary

ill-humoured^UK

straight from the shoulder

not afraid to call a spade a spade

pulling no punches

not beating about the bush

calling a spade a spade

not mincing one's words

speaking one's mind

brutally honest

speaking as one finds

straight-talking

straight-shooting

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“I took his curt reply to mean that he was not to be questioned about it further.”

Adjective

Concise and to the point

short and sweet

in a few well-chosen words

cut to the bone

short-and-sweet

down to brass tacks

uncommunicative

short and to the point

making a long story short

in well-chosen words

straightforward

well structured

inconsequential

walking through it

going through the motions

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“An equally curt description of the toupha is offered by Constantine of Rhodes, who wrote in the middle of the tenth century of a golden crown with a strange crest.”

Adjective

(of a person) Lacking sophistication or refinement

socially awkward

socially unsure

lacking in social graces

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Adjective

Showing haughty disregard

high-and-mighty

take-it-or-leave-it

high and mighty

self-opinionated

self-centered^US

self-centred^UK

self-congratulatory

self-glorifying

full of oneself

holier-than-thou

full of yourself

on your high horse

too big for your boots

full of contempt

too big for one's breeches

too big for one's boots

self-respecting

putting on airs

self-complacent

self-flattering

self-applauding

self-gratulatory

self-dramatizing

trivializing^US

anti-democratic

trivialising^UK

on one's high horse

offensively self-assertive

pleased with yourself

self-aggrandizing

on a high horse

throwing one's weight around

turning up your nose at

looking down your nose at

throwing one's weight about

couldn't-care-less

blowing one's own horn

over-venturesome

over-adventurous

hell-for-leather

uncomplimentary

pleased with oneself

in love with oneself

full of hot air

think too highly of oneself

think a lot of oneself

have an excessively high opinion of oneself

proud of oneself

too big for one's britches

wrapped up in oneself

sure of oneself

too big for your breeches

swollen with pride

nose in the air

riding for a fall

of preconceived ideas

as bold as brass

lacking civility

throwing weight around

stuck on oneself

think one is the cat's whiskers

think one is God's gift

think one is the cat's pyjamas

unchallengeable

unconstitutional

sure of yourself

heading for a fall

coming on strong

not backwards in coming forwards

I'm all right, Jack

proud of yourself

like a cat that has swallowed the canary

flushed with success

like the cat that's got the cream

blowing one's own trumpet

in driver's seat

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Adjective

Having or showing a tendency to be quickly irritated or provoked

ill-humoured^UK

having short fuse

hot under collar

like a bear with a sore head

on a short fuse

as cross as two sticks

having got out of bed the wrong side

having got out of bed on the wrong side

perversely irritable

easily frightened

easily agitated

hot under the collar

easily offended

uncommunicative

down in the mouth

with a long face

having a fit of the sulks

bundle of nerves

huffy irascible

dark-complexioned

evil-intentioned

like a cat on a hot tin roof

like a cat on hot bricks

on pins and needles

blowing hot and cold

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Adjective

Unwilling to talk or impart information

uncommunicative

unconversational

mom^US

mum^UK

at a loss for words

incommunicative

undemonstrative

uncompanionable

self-restrained

non-communicative

self-controlled

playing one's cards close to one's chest

unable to get a word out

bereft of speech

keeping people at arm's length

not forthcoming

socially inhibited

zipped one's lips

have tight chops

unable to speak

self-sufficient

zipping one's lips

buttoning one's lip

in the background

playing your cards close to your chest

wouldn't say boo to a goose

cool as cucumber

knocked for six

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Rude and unpleasant in manner

rubbing the wrong way

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Adjective

Fast or responsive in one's thinking

hyperintelligent

quick off the mark

quick on the draw

quick on the trigger

sharp as a tack

smart as a whip

quick on the uptake

not born yesterday

very intelligent

knows what's what

ear to the ground

old beyond one's years

ahead of one's peers

superintelligent

not missing a trick

bright-eyed and bushy-tailed

smart as a tack

knowing how many beans make five

with all one's wits about one

as sharp as a tack

having fancy footwork

having been around

thinking outside the box

know how many beans make five

having a good head on one's shoulders

having no flies on

out of the ordinary

advanced for one's age

prematurely developed

exceptionally smart

full of insight

acquainted with

showing great knowledge

with great knowledge

knowledgeable about

well informed about

au courant with

well thought out

well-thought-out

having all one's marbles

crazy like a fox

full of common sense

well-proportioned

with experience

mentally stable

conversant with

with an understanding of

with a knowledge of

in the know about

up to date with

flesh-and-blood

know ins and outs

with eyes peeled

know all the answers

self-centered^US

self-centred^UK

know backwards and forwards

know one's onions

able to recognize

in the right mind

capable of feeling

well-acquainted

well versed in the ways of the world

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