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curt

adjective

1 curt

Marked by rude or peremptory shortness:
— A curt reply.

synonyms: brusk, brusque, short.

Roget 585: silent, mute, mum; silent as a post, silent as a stone, silent as the grave etc. (still) 403; dumb etc. 581; unconversable.    taciturn, ... show more

Roget 201: short, brief, curt; compendious, compact; stubby, scrimp; shorn, stubbed; stumpy, thickset, pug; chunky [U.S.], decurtate; ... show more

2 curt

Brief and to the point; effectively cut short:
— A response so curt as to be almost rude.

synonyms: crisp, laconic, terse.

Roget 572: concise, brief, short, terse, close; to the point, exact; neat, compact; compressed, condensed, pointed; laconic, curt, ... show more

Polish: niedługi, krótki


Moby thesaurus: Spartan, abbreviated, abridged, abrupt, aggressive, aposiopestic, bearish, beastly, bluff, blunt, brash, brief, brusque, cavalier, churlish, clipped, close, close-tongued, closemouthed, compact ... show more.

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