curt as an adjective: - 1
- 2
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,
sparing of words;
closetongued;
costive†,
inconversable†,
curt;
reserved;
reticent
etc.
(concealing)
528.
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Roget 201:
short,
brief,
curt;
compendious,
compact;
stubby,
scrimp;
shorn,
stubbed;
stumpy,
thickset,
pug;
chunky [U.S.],
decurtate†;
retrousse†;
stocky;
squab,
squabby†;
squat,
dumpy;
little
etc.
193;
curtailed of its fair proportions;
short by;
oblate;
concise
etc.
572;
summary.
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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,
pithy,
trenchant,
summary;
pregnant;
compendious
etc.
(compendium)
596;
succinct;
elliptical,
epigrammatic,
quaint,
crisp;
sententious.
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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, compendious, compressed, concise, condensed, contracted, crisp, crusty, curtal, curtate, cut, decurtate, docked, dumb, economical of words, elliptic, epigrammatic, gnomic, gruff, harsh, imperious, indisposed to talk, instantaneous, laconic, little, low, mum, mute, peremptory, pithy, pointed, pruned, quiet, reserved, rough, rude, sententious, severe, sharp, short, short and sweet, shortened, silent, snappish, snippety, snippy, snug, sparing of words, speechless, succinct, summary, surly, synopsized, synoptic, taciturn, terse, tight, tight-lipped, to the point, tongue-tied, transient, truculent, truncated, unceremonious, unloquacious, untalkative, word-bound, wordless ... show more.
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