short-spoken

American  

[shawrt-spoh-kuhn] / ˈʃɔrtˈspoʊ kən /

adjective

1. speaking in a short, brief, or curt manner.

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short-spoken British  

adjective

1. tending to be abrupt in speech

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Etymology

Origin of short-spoken

First recorded in 1860–65

Example Sentences

But Abby, a short-spoken misanthrope with a low threshold for irritation, is determined to live alone.

From New York Times

David, naturally prone to a healthy serenity, and although satisfied with the progress of the work, grew unnaturally gruff and short-spoken.

From Project Gutenberg

Hard-boiled and short-spoken, he was not overpopular with U.S. citizens in Shanghai, where he was consul general�but he got things done.

From Time Magazine Archive

Into the stunned silence that followed this outburst from short-spoken, reticent Olive, there came a new voice; such a sweet, lovely voice with a tender ring that made every one start to welcome the speaker.

From Project Gutenberg

He had in front of him a stack of ten or twelve twenty-dollar gold pieces which his fingers continually moved and shifted, breaking them into several smaller stacks, bringing them together again, slipping one over another, gathering them into one stack, breaking them down again, so that the golden disks gave out the low musical clink which rose at all times faint and clear through the few short-spoken words.

From Project Gutenberg