Thesaurus / curt
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The man who called me, a long-retired Chicago police officer, was alternately charming and curt.
THE MURDER CHICAGO DIDN’T WANT TO SOLVEBY MICK DUMKEFEBRUARY 25, 2021PROPUBLICACurt as is the cable it has yet scope to show up a little more of our great K.'s outfit.
GALLIPOLI DIARY, VOLUME IIAN HAMILTONIt seemed to her that she had lived for a century since the few hours before when Madame Malmaison had given her a curt dismissal.
THE WEIGHT OF THE CROWNFRED M. WHITE"That will do," said Halyard, ungraciously, which curt phrase was apparently the usual dismissal for the nurse.
IN SEARCH OF THE UNKNOWNROBERT W. CHAMBERSHad it not been for occasional curt, illuminative questions, Peter Gross might have thought him asleep.
THE ARGUS PHEASANTJOHN CHARLES BEECHAMThere came the hard, curt questions and the command: "Outside—hurry!"
SPACE PRISONTOM GODWINThe superintendent entered a curt denial to her implied charge.
THE HIGHGRADERWILLIAM MACLEOD RAINEHe gave curt commands and the others obeyed him without a word.
THE HIGHGRADERWILLIAM MACLEOD RAINEIn most cases he is deplorably curt of speech and brusque of deportment.
THE ARENAVARIOUSAgnes stared down at the curt, cold little paragraph with excited horror.
STUDIES IN LOVE AND IN TERRORMARIE BELLOC LOWNDESWORDS RELATED TO CURT
- bearish
- bluff
- blunt
- boisterous
- boorish
- brief
- brusque
- churlish
- coarse
- crass
- crude
- cruel
- crusty
- curt
- discourteous
- drastic
- extreme
- gross
- hairy
- hard
- harsh
- ill-mannered
- improper
- inconsiderate
- indecorous
- indelicate
- inelegant
- loud
- loutish
- mean
- nasty
- raw
- rowdy
- severe
- sharp
- short
- tough
- unceremonious
- uncivil
- uncouth
- uncultivated
- uncultured
- unfeeling
- ungracious
- unjust
- unmannerly
- unpleasant
- unpolished
- unrefined
- untutored
- violent
- vulgar
- bearish
- bluff
- blunt
- boisterous
- boorish
- brief
- brusque
- churlish
- coarse
- crass
- crude
- cruel
- crusty
- curt
- discourteous
- drastic
- extreme
- gross
- hairy
- hard
- harsh
- ill-mannered
- improper
- inconsiderate
- indecorous
- indelicate
- inelegant
- loud
- loutish
- mean
- nasty
- raw
- rowdy
- severe
- sharp
- short
- tough
- unceremonious
- uncivil
- uncouth
- uncultivated
- uncultured
- unfeeling
- ungracious
- unjust
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- unpleasant
- unpolished
- unrefined
- untutored
- violent
- vulgar
- bearish
- bluff
- blunt
- boisterous
- boorish
- brief
- brusque
- churlish
- coarse
- crass
- crude
- cruel
- crusty
- curt
- discourteous
- drastic
- extreme
- gross
- hairy
- hard
- harsh
- ill-mannered
- improper
- inconsiderate
- indecorous
- indelicate
- inelegant
- loud
- loutish
- mean
- nasty
- raw
- rowdy
- severe
- sharp
- short
- tough
- unceremonious
- uncivil
- uncouth
- uncultivated
- uncultured
- unfeeling
- ungracious
- unjust
- unmannerly
- unpleasant
- unpolished
- unrefined
- untutored
- violent
- vulgar
- abrupt
- abusive
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- barbarian
- barbaric
- barbarous
- blunt
- boorish
- brusque
- brutish
- cheeky
- churlish
- coarse
- crabbed
- crude
- curt
- discourteous
- graceless
- gross
- gruff
- ignorant
- illiterate
- impertinent
- impolite
- impudent
- inconsiderate
- insolent
- insulting
- intrusive
- loutish
- low
- obscene
- offhand
- peremptory
- raw
- savage
- scurrilous
- short
- surly
- uncivil
- uncivilized
- uncouth
- uncultured
- uneducated
- ungracious
- unmannerly
- unpolished
- unrefined
- vulgar
- wild
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