clipped

[klipt] / klɪpt /

ADJECTIVE

terse

Synonyms

STRONGEST

brusque concise cryptic curt elliptical incisive laconic pithy precise succinct trenchant

WEAK

abrupt aphoristic boiled down breviloquent clear-cut close compact compendiary compendious condensed crisp cut to the bone epigrammatic exact gnomic in a nutshell lean neat pointed sententious short and sweet snappy summary taut to the point

Antonyms

STRONGEST

gentle kind lengthy long-winded nice polite verbose wordy

WEAK

prolix

Example Sentences

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He pursed his lips under a neatly clipped moustache, which had been oiled with pomade to hold its center part, same as his hair.

From Literature

How odd it is to hear Miss Genovese’s clipped voice here, on this fire escape, instead of in the switchboard room at Central.

From Literature

The right side of the photo, next to the man, was clipped off.

From Literature

Men with clipped accents told listeners the news from on high; there was certainly little back and forth between presenter and listener.

From BBC

They clipped 13 seconds of him tearing into a Whopper, sauce and a grin splayed across his face, and posted it.

From The Wall Street Journal