Vocabulary

素っ気ない

cold; short; curt; blunt

i-adjective
freq #41

Example sentences

He was impatient with her unfriendly attitude.

He was rather shorter with me.

He gave me a flat answer.

The villagers were offhand with us.

The secretary answered me shortly.

She turned up her nose at him.

She gave a flat refusal to my offer.

She's always short with me.