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curt
Synonyms and Antonyms of curt
- She was offended by the curt reply to her well-meaning question.
candid, direct, forthright, foursquare, frank, free-spoken, open, outspoken, plain, plainspoken, point-blank, straightforward, straight-out
artless, discourteous, disrespectful, impertinent, impolite, inconsiderate, insensitive, rude, tactless, undiplomatic
brief, closemouthed, laconic, reserved, reticent, terse, tight-lipped
- On a daily basis she e-mailed to her commanders curt reports on the situation.
brief, capsule, compact, compendious, concise, crisp, elliptical (or elliptic), epigrammatic, laconic, monosyllabic, pithy, sententious, succinct, summary, terse, thumbnail
Synonym Discussion of curt
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- a bluff manner
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- a blunt appraisal
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- a brusque response
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- a curt command
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- a crusty exterior
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- puts on a gruff pose
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