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Rudely abrupt and unfriendly in nature

Speaking in an honest, forthright manner

Adjective

Rudely abrupt and unfriendly in nature

ill-humoured^UK

like a bear with a sore head

on a short fuse

uncomplimentary

rubbing the wrong way

confrontational

as cross as two sticks

uncommunicative

extremely critical

having short fuse

hot under collar

pulling no punches

apt to fly off the handle

with a long face

straight from the shoulder

not mincing one's words

speaking one's mind

not beating about the bush

calling a spade a spade

having got out of bed on the wrong side

hot under the collar

having got out of bed the wrong side

easily offended

down in the mouth

bent out of shape

foaming at the mouth

in high dudgeon

not best pleased

down in the dumps

unaccommodating

perversely irritable

not on speaking terms

passive-aggressive

evil-intentioned

huffy irascible

bundle of nerves

gnashing one's teeth

dishonorable^US

at daggers drawn

unsportsmanlike

dishonourable^UK

having a fit of the sulks

looking as if one had lost a pound and found a penny

in the doldrums

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Adjective

Speaking in an honest, forthright manner

straightforward

straight-talking

speaking straight from the shoulder

straight from the shoulder

speaking as one finds

straight to the point

not beating around the bush

lay it on the line

call a spade a spade

straight-shooting

no beating around the bush

straight-from-the-shoulder

saying what one thinks

laid on the line

on the up and up

honest-to-goodness

square-shooting

telling it like it is

unsophisticated

laying it on the line

calling spade a spade

unselfconscious

wet behind the ears

no holds barred

brutally honest

fair and square

meaning what one says

twenty-four carat

unself-conscious

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