Crossword clues for curt
curt
- Republican beset by economy, in brief
- To the point
- Of few words
- Far from wordy
- Hardly loquacious
- Short and to-the-point
- Short and not sweet
- Not very chatty
- 'Glee' character
- Flood of baseball
- Far from chatty
- A bit brusque
- Sportscaster Gowdy
- Sports announcer Schilling who was suspended by ESPN in 2015
- Short but not necessarily sweet
- Rudely short-spoken
- Rudely blunt
- Retired pitcher Schilling
- Retired baseball pitcher Schilling
- Pitcher Schilling
- Marked by rude shortness
- Longtime Red Sox sportscaster Gowdy
- Impolitely short
- Far from loquacious
- Abruptly terse
- Brusque
- Rudely terse
- Rudely abrupt
- Short and to the point
- Abrupt in speech
- Hardly windy
- Terse to the point of rudeness
- Short-spoken
- Laconic to a fault
- Clipped (or the start of an Air Force general's split personality)
- Terse or brusque
- Short and not so sweet
- Short and snippy
- Brief and brusque
- Snippy
- Short; abrupt
- Mincing no words
- Rudely concise
- Short and sour
- Abruptly to the point
- Copper right to be abrupt
- Short reading for one in the nick
- Rudely brief and to the point
- Retail therapy with time short
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Curt \Curt\ (k[u^]rt), a. [L. curtus; cf. Skr. kart to cut. Cf. Curtail.] Characterized by excessive brevity; short; rudely concise; as, curt limits; a curt answer.
The curt, yet comprehensive reply.
--W. Irving.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
mid-14c., from Latin curtus "(cut) short, shortened, incomplete," from PIE root *(s)ker- (1) "to cut" (see short (adj.)). Sense of "rude" is first recorded 1831. The Latin word was adopted early into most Germanic languages (compare Icelandic korta, German kurz, etc.) and drove out the native words based on Proto-Germanic *skurt-, but English retains short.
Wiktionary
n. 1 A short form of the male given name Curtis 2 (given name male from=Germanic), an anglicized spelling of Kurt
WordNet
adj. marked by rude or peremptory shortness; "try to cultivate a less brusque manner"; "a curt reply"; "the salesgirl was very short with him" [syn: brusque, brusk, short(p)]
brief and to the point; effectively cut short; "a crisp retort"; "a response so curt as to be almost rude"; "the laconic reply; `yes'"; "short and terse and easy to understand" [syn: crisp, laconic, terse]
Usage examples of "curt".
To Curt Newton, who had followed the shadow of that glory far back toward its source, the very stones of these ruins spoke of cosmic tragedy, of the agelong night that succeeded the blazing highest noon of human splendor.
It needed replacing, and with a curt warning to Angevine, and to the sound of her horrified yells, he began to dismantle it.
O warrior, and while at first hearing it may seem to some to be curt and unseemly, not to mention saucy, I feel that it proceeds from none but the chastest of motives.
Charles was getting more and more nervous under the curt questioning of this well-dressed clubman with the piercing eyes.
Valgard, gaunter and grimmer and curter of speech as the months wore on, sought to raise flagging spirits.
Through the door Clavain saw a throng of media people, then someone gliding through them, fielding questions with only the curtest of answers.
All the same, the fuss they were making of this young monk, while according only the curtest of nods to the Brigadier, so disgusted him that he was in a hurry to get away.
Gilwater road, thanked Nancy in the curtest polite phrase, and departed.
I said hello once or twice, in passing, but he would give me the curtest possible nod and freeze me with his expression.
Greta Seidenheim clacked away on her machine as if she were recording the curtest, the tritest of business letters.
Ralph, rising with ill-concealed agitation, and stalking out of the room, without the curtest leave-taking.
Ferdy was on the point of suggesting, had not the Viscount nipped such friendly overtures in the bud by scowling upon his victim, offering him the curtest of apologies, handing him his card, climbing into his curricle, and driving off without another word.
After the play he went home, with the curtest of congratulations to the cast and the stage crew.
The curtest, least graphic description of the biting days and nights in the trenches set the lad shivering.
At the bottom of the Row they stopped, shook hands, and with the curtest of nods parted.