Dictionary Entry
terse
terse is a 5-letter English word with 4 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Appearing as if rubbed or wiped off; rubbed; smooth; polished. Face value is 5 in Scrabble and 5 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 5 · Words With Friends 5 · 4 senses
Definitions
- 1superlative
Appearing as if rubbed or wiped off; rubbed; smooth; polished.
- 2superlative
Refined; accomplished; -- said of persons.
- 3superlative
Elegantly concise; free of superfluous words; polished to smoothness; as, terse language; a terse style.
- 4adjective
brief and to the point; effectively cut short
"a crisp retort"
"a response so curt as to be almost rude"
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