curt
adjective/kɜːt/
/kɜːrt/
- (of a person’s manner or behaviour) appearing rude because very few words are used, or because something is done in a very quick way synonym abrupt, brusque
- a curt reply
- A curt note of rejection arrived from the company director.
- His tone was curt and unfriendly.
- She dismissed him with a curt nod of the head.
- I ignored the curt order.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryCurt is used with these nouns:- dismissal
- nod
- reply
- …
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘short, shortened’): from Latin curtus ‘cut short, abridged’.
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