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| Using few words; expressing much in few words; concise. |
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| Inclined to silence, reserved in speech; reluctant to join in conversation. |
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| Characterized by an exactitude and extreme refinement that suggests gem cutting. |
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| Brief, forceful, and meaningful in expression; full of vigor, substance, or meaning; terse; forcible. |
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| Expressed in few words; concise; terse. |
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| Neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language. |
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| Excessively talkative in a rambling round-about manner, especially about trivial matters. |
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| To talk in a foolish or simple-minded way; chatter; babble. |
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| Readily fluent, often thoughtlessly, superficially, or insincerely so. |
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| Extended to great, unnecessary, or tedious length; long and wordy. |
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| To talk in a random, foolish, meaningless way. |
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| To engage in a petulant or peevish argument; wrangle. |
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| To engage in an argument or debate. |
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| To engage in a petty quarrel. |
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| To struggle or fight roughly or vigorously; wrestle; scuffle. |
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| To argue or dispute, especially in a noisy or angry manner. |
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| A struggling together in opposition; strife. |
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| A heated or angry dispute; noisy argument or controversy. |
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| To differ in sentiment or opinion, especially from the majority; withhold assent; disagree. |
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| Incapable of being brought into harmony or adjustment; incompatible. |
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| A bitter, sharply abusive denunciation, attack, or criticism. |
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| A scolding or a long or intense verbal attack. |
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| A prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation. |
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| To speak or declaim extravagantly or violently; talk in a wild or vehement way; rave. |
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| Verbal abuse of castigation; violent denunciation or condemnation. |
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| To criticize or reprimand severely; to punish in order to correct. |
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| To explode with a loud noise; detonate; to issue denunciations or the like. |
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| To denounce or berate severely; flay verbally; to strip off or remove the skin from. |
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| To caution, advise, or counsel against something; to reprove or scold in a mild, good-willed manner. |
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| Vehement or violent denunciation, censure, or reproach; a railing accusation. |
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| Not yet completed or fully developed; rudimentary. |
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| Lacking definite form; having no specific shape; formless. |
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| Hazy, vague, indistinct, or confused; cloudy. |
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| Incapable of being perceived by the sense of touch; not definite or clear to the mind. |
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| Having reference to something implied or inferred. |
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| Uncertainty or fluctuation, especially when cause by inability to make a choice or a simultaneous desire to say or do two opposite or conflicting things. |
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| Mysterious in meaning; puzzling; ambiguous. |
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| A subtle, tricky, or superficially plausible, but generally fallacious method of reasoning. |
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| Incapable of being expressed in words; inexpressible. |
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| Not genuine, authentic, or true; counterfeit. |
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| A complete change in form, structure, or substance, as transformation by magic or witchcraft. |
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| Subject to, led by, or indicative of unpredictable change or whim; erratic. |
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| Tending or threatening to break out into open violence; unstable; explosive. |
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| Liable or subject to change or alteration. |
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| To shift back and forth uncertainly. |
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| Deviating from the usual or proper course in conduct or opinion; having no certain or definite course. |
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| To waver in mind or opinion; be indecisive or irresolute. |
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| Unpredictable; mercurial. |
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| To use ambiguous or unclear expressions, usually to avoid commitment or to mislead. |
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