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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
curt \curt\ ku^rt, a. l. curtus; cf. skr. kart to cut. cf.
curtail.
characterized by excessive brevity; short; rudely concise;
as, curt limits; a curt answer.
1913 webster
the curt, yet comprehensive reply. --w. irving.
1913 webster
see also:
curtail
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
curt
adj 1: marked by rude or peremptory shortness; "try to cultivate a
less brusque manner"; "a curt reply"; "the salesgirl
was very short with him" syn: brusque, brusk, shortp
2: brief and to the point; effectively cut short; "a crisp
retort"; "a response so curt as to be almost rude"; "the
laconic reply; `yes'"; "short and terse and easy to
understand" syn: crisp, laconic, terse
see also:
brusque brusk shortp crisp laconic terse
- [3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
87 moby thesaurus words for "curt":
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
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http://www.lab404.com/, score=92, date indexed=December 29, 2005, 9:41 pm U.S. Congressman Curt Weldon : 7th District Of Pennsylvania
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