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[ turs ] / tɜrs / SEE SYNONYMS FOR terse ON THESAURUS.COM
adjective, ters·er, ters·est.neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language. abruptly concise; curt; brusque. Origin of terse1595–1605; <Latin tersus, past participle of tergēre to rub off, wipe off, clean, polish SYNONYMS FOR terse1 succinct, compact, neat, concentrated. SEE SYNONYMS FOR terse ON THESAURUS.COM synonym study for terse1, 2. See concise. OTHER WORDS FROM tersetersely, adverbterseness, nounun·terse, adjectiveun·terse·ly, adverb un·terse·ness, noun Words nearby terseterrorize, terror-stricken, terry, Terry's syndrome, Tersanctus, terse, tertial, tertian, tertian malaria, tertianship, tertiary Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for terseThe comparison prompted Kelly to release the terse statement: “Martha McSally is no Gabby Giffords.” The Battle Is On in Gabby Giffords’s Old District|Eleanor Clift|October 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST It is a mighty tough slog, I will have to give them that, written in terse and exclusive science-ese. No, Stem Cells Don't Cause Autism|Kent Sepkowitz|September 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST She had earlier offered a terse description of how her asthmatic brother had come to die. The Gentle Giant Cut Down by Cops|Michael Daly|July 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST My response to poisonous emails is a terse “thank you for contacting me” and nothing more. Pediatrician: Don’t Make Your Kid’s Healthcare a Proxy in Your Divorce Battles|Russell Saunders|February 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Take this terse evasion of offering anything substantive, for example. Eliot Spitzer’s Comeback: ‘The Good Wife’ in Real Life|Kevin Fallon|July 18, 2013|DAILY BEAST On the very day before this the doctor had come out with one of his terse startling statements. The Blind Spot|Austin Hall Bonaparte's contributions to the discussion were terse and trenchant. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte|William Milligan Sloane Then there is the same crisp, terse succession of sentences—altogether the likeness is wonderful. Sketches In The House (1893)|T. P. O'Connor Then he launched forth in a graphic, if terse, description of the remarkable battle that had so recently taken place. Eagles of the Sky|Ambrose Newcomb The Master was unimpeachable; His terse, cogent assertions were unanswerable. Jesus the Christ|James Edward Talmage
British Dictionary definitions for terse
adjectiveneatly brief and concise curt; abrupt Derived forms of tersetersely, adverbterseness, nounWord Origin for terseC17: from Latin tersus precise, from tergēre to polish Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to terseprecise, curt, cryptic, incisive, concise, brusque, laconic, pithy, succinct, elliptical, trenchant, abrupt, clear-cut, close, compact, compendious, condensed, crisp, epigrammatic, exact |