curt — ozdic

Definitions

adj

1

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

Again I begged her to keep an eye on her blood pressure and not get so worked up, and once more she brushed me off, this time with a curt request that I would go and boil my head. [...] Beginning with a curt “Listen, Buster,” she proceeded to sketch out with admirable clearness the salient points in the situation as she envisaged it […]

2

Short or concise.

verb

1

To cut, cut short, shorten.

Curting thy life, hee takes thy Card away.

name

1

A short form of the male given name Curtis

2

A male given name from the Germanic languages, an anglicized spelling of Kurt

Collocations

5

ADJ.

crisp

VERB + CURT

gave, time

CURT + NOUN

businesslike, ways

PREP.

with

ADV.

always, such

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adjective — brief and to the point

adjective — marked by rude or peremptory shortness

brusque
brusk

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

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01

Again I begged her to keep an eye on her blood pressure and not get so worked up, and once more she brushed me off, this time with a curt request that I would go and boil my head. [...] Beginning with

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02

Curting thy life, hee takes thy Card away.

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03

He gave me a curt answer.

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04

She is curt.

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05

Don't you think it's rude to give people such a curt reply like that?

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06

Krista's curt, businesslike tone put off her clients at the maternity ward, especially on their special days.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, curt is marked as obsolete, rare. Watch for register when choosing this word.