(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 nod 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. She ignored the curt order. Oxford Collocations DictionaryCurt is used with these nouns: dismissal, nod, reply, … See full entry Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘short, shortened’): from Latin curtus ‘cut short, abridged’.
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