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curtadjective being or characterized by direct, brief, and potentially rude speech or mannershe was offended by the curt reply to her well-meaning question abrupt, bluff, blunt, brusque(also brusk), crusty, downright, short, short-spoken, snippy, unceremonious gruff, rough, snappishcandid, direct, forthright, foursquare, frank, free-spoken, open, outspoken, plain, plainspoken, point-blank, straightforward, straight-outartless, discourteous, disrespectful, impertinent, impolite, inconsiderate, insensitive, rude, tactless, undiplomaticbrief, closemouthed, laconic, reserved, reticent, terse, tight-lippedearnest, honest, sincerecoarse, crass, crude, low, uncouth, vulgar circuitous, mealymouthed civil, considerate, courteous, diplomatic, gracious, polite, politic, smooth, suave, tactfulloquacious, talkative, volublelong-winded, prolix, verbosecourtly, cultivated, gallant, genteel, polished, refined marked by the use of few words to convey much information or meaningon a daily basis she e-mailed to her commanders curt reports on the situation aphoristic, apothegmatic, brief, capsule, compact, compendious, concise, crisp, elliptical(or elliptic), epigrammatic, laconic, monosyllabic, pithy, sententious, succinct, summary, telegraphic, terse, thumbnail abrupt, blunt, brusque(also brusk), short, snippety, snippyabbreviated, abridged, condensed, curtailed, shortenedmeaty, substantialmeaningful, significantwell-turned circuitous, circumlocutory, diffuse, long-winded, prolix, rambling, verbose, windy, wordy pleonastic, redundant, repetitious, tautological, tautologousenlarged, expanded, supplementedembellished, embroidered, exaggerated, inflated bluff, blunt, brusque, curt, crusty, gruff mean abrupt and unceremonious in speech and manner.bluff connotes good-natured outspokenness and unconventionality.a bluff manner blunt suggests directness of expression in disregard of others' feelings.a blunt appraisal brusque applies to a sharpness or ungraciousness.a brusque response curt implies disconcerting shortness or rude conciseness.a curt command crusty suggests a harsh or surly manner sometimes concealing an inner kindliness.a crusty exterior gruff suggests a hoarse or husky speech which may imply bad temper but more often implies embarrassment or shyness.puts on a gruff pose in 1630 |