short-spoken
short-spoken {adj.}
Using so few words that you seem impatient or angry; speaking in a short impatient way; saying as little as possible in an unfriendly way.
Jim is always short-spoken when he is tired.
We were hoping to borrow Dad's car, but he was so short-spoken when he came home that we were afraid to ask.
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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms
