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adj. Rudely brief or abrupt, as in speech or manner. See Synonyms at gruff.

adj. Using few words; terse.

adj. Having been shortened.

adj. Brief or terse, especially to the point of being rude.

adj. Short or concise

adj. Characterized by excessive brevity; short; rudely concise.

Short; concise; compressed.

Short and dry; tartly abrupt; brusk.

A contraction of current: common in acct. curt., account current.

adj. brief and to the point; effectively cut short

adj. marked by rude or peremptory shortness

"He said little of himself, but as he went on in short, curt sentences the picture grew more distinct, and to Virginia the man became more and more prominent in it."

concise    discourteous   

short    brief   

curtly    curtail    curtness    court   

short    brusque    blunt    abrupt   

Bert    Evert    Insert    Kurt    alert    assert    avert    birt    blurt    burt   

terse    peremptory    brusque    abrupt    emphatic    contemptuous    cryptic    perfunctory    imperious    authoritative