Word "CURT" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
marked by rude or peremptory shortness
Synonyms:
brusk, brusque, short
Examples:
a curt reply

Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
brief and to the point; effectively cut short
Synonyms:
crisp, laconic, terse
Examples:
a response so curt as to be almost rude

Crossword Clues for CURT

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Copper right to be abrupt (4) The Sun Two Speed 19 Sep 2025
Concise The Times Sunday Concise 13 Jul 2025
Rudely brief in legal institution, nothing less (4)
Short, terse (4)
Far from wordy Thomas Joseph 01 Jul 2025
Being short, the poor dog has only a bit of a tail (4)
Concise crossword usually reasonably tractable at first The Telegraph Cryptic 26 May 2025
Brusque Thomas Joseph 14 May 2025
It's short for a dog, the first terrier (4)
Like a snippy reply Family Time 05 May 2025
In short, a dog-cart, not a car (4)
Rudely short
Rudely brief The Telegraph Quick 12 Mar 2025
Brusque,snippy(4)
Brusque (4) The Guardian Quick 07 Mar 2025
A worthless one takes tea in a rudely abrupt manner (4)
Short cut round the far end (4)
Rudely blunt and brief (4)
Abrupt, sometimes rude
Short dog with a little tail
Dog with very little tail - short (4)
On radio, actor Russell is brief (4)
Anything but loquacious Universal 10 Dec 2024
Brusque Eugene Sheffer 07 Dec 2024
Rudely brief The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 04 Dec 2024
Brief and rather rude Mirror Classic 18 Nov 2024
Snappish mutt that's close (4)
To be brief, you're in a rut, see!
Very short dog with a trouble-free tail! (4)
Brusque Eugene Sheffer 15 Oct 2024
Abrupt Puzzler Backwords 27 Sep 2024
Terse Mirror Tea Time 18 Sep 2024
Short drapes reduced by 50% (4)
Snippy, brusque, rudely brief (4) The Guardian Quick 19 Jul 2024
Abrupt, terse The Times Concise 15 Jun 2024
In short, cut right in (4)
Rudely brief Universal 11 Jun 2024
Mongrel starts licking hair that's not straight (4)
Discourteously brief
Brusque, gruff (4) Puzzler 09 Apr 2024
Brusque (4) Puzzler 25 Mar 2024
Short curtains reduced by 50% (4)
Gruff dog starting to turn The Guardian Quiptic 26 Feb 2024
Terse refusal to recognise person is about right (4)
Spookiest
Rudely brief USA Today 06 Feb 2024
Terse New York Times 26 Jan 2024
Brusque, snippy Puzzler Backwords 04 Jan 2024
Dog's tail at the tip is short (4)
Brusque (not at all chatty) (4)
Snappish dog with a trouble-free tail (4)
Short record covering Queen The Telegraph Cryptic 28 Sep 2023
Brusque Eugene Sheffer 19 Sep 2023
Brusque Eugene Sheffer 12 Aug 2023
Rudely abrupt Newsday 01 Aug 2023
Rudely terse Wall Street Journal 24 May 2023
Brusque Canadiana 24 Apr 2023
Short, to the point of rudeness Wall Street Journal 02 Mar 2023
Abrupt Universal 15 Dec 2022
Rudely abrupt Newsday 13 Dec 2022
Brusque The Guardian Speedy 25 Sep 2022
Short and sharp The Guardian Quick 15 Aug 2022
Brusque Thomas Joseph 22 Jun 2022
Brusque The Guardian Speedy 19 Jun 2022
Rudely brief The Times Concise 03 Jun 2022
Rude sentry's edging away from royal greeting The Guardian Cryptic 21 Apr 2022
Rude sentry's edging away from royal greeting
Far from wordy Thomas Joseph 30 Mar 2022
Abrupt Universal 12 Mar 2022
Judicial body throwing out old brief The Times Cryptic 18 Jan 2022
Short but not sweet, as a response
Brusque king tucking into chop The Guardian Cryptic 25 Nov 2021
Brusque king tucking into chop
Brusque Eugene Sheffer 01 Oct 2021
Impolitely abrupt Newsday 11 Aug 2021
Hardly polite
Disrespectfully brief Universal 08 May 2021
Dog's tense and gruff
Short Jonesin 02 Mar 2021
Brusque Eugene Sheffer 18 Feb 2021
Brusque Wall Street Journal 13 Feb 2021
Short and snippy Newsday 10 Dec 2020
Copper right to be abrupt
Terse USA Today 29 Oct 2020
Brusque The Telegraph Quick 13 Aug 2020
Rudely brief Newsday 11 Mar 2020
Snappish Newsday 22 Feb 2020
To the point
Concise The Times Concise 03 Nov 2019
Impolitely short Newsday 15 Sep 2019
Brusque Canadiana 12 Aug 2019
To the point, rather rudely
Terse Thomas Joseph 08 May 2019
Rudely terse USA Today 28 Apr 2019
Abrupt Wall Street Journal 03 Apr 2019
Rude scoundrel on time
Rudely short-spoken USA Today 12 Feb 2019
Short copper with raincoat inside out
Abrupt
Rudely terse
Rudely short-spoken
Rude scoundrel on time
Unceremonious over leaving playing area The Telegraph Cryptic 20 Dec 2018
Rudely terse Wall Street Journal 19 Nov 2018
Rudely abrupt USA Today 14 Nov 2018
Rudely brief The Telegraph Quick 09 Oct 2018
Rudely terse Newsday 09 Sep 2018
Terse LA Times Daily 16 Jul 2018
Terse The Washington Post 16 Jul 2018
Hardly windy Family Time 15 Jul 2018
Short circuit usually ruins the leads
Rude contemptible man in front of bar
Far from chatty Newsday 24 May 2018
Brusque The Guardian Speedy 05 May 2018
Short LA Times Daily 11 Apr 2018
Short The Washington Post 11 Apr 2018
Abrupt Universal 08 Jan 2018
Abrupt
Terse
Short
Rudely abrupt
Rudely terse
Short axe is about right The Sun Two Speed 28 Dec 2017
Abrupt The Sun Two Speed 28 Dec 2017
Brusque scoundrel with model
Short and not sweet Universal 26 Sep 2017
Short New York Times 23 Sep 2017
Short but not necessarily sweet New York Times 12 Aug 2017
Short dog with tail? Just its tip The Telegraph Cryptic 08 Jul 2017
Rudely brief The Times Concise 16 May 2017
Marked by rude shortness Universal 09 May 2017
Abrupt The Telegraph Quick 02 May 2017
Short and not so sweet
Short cut that's about right The Telegraph Cryptic 09 Jan 2017
Short
Austerity measure covering end of year, in short The Telegraph Cryptic 01 Jan 2017
Short but not necessarily sweet
Marked by rude shortness
Short and not sweet
Far from wordy USA Today 04 Nov 2016
Dog which is scruffy, tense and snappish
Abrupt Family Time 16 Oct 2016
Short man, say
Short-spoken The Washington Post 08 Aug 2016
Terse New York Times 05 Apr 2016
Brusque Thomas Joseph 09 Mar 2016
Far from wordy
Abrupt USA Today 24 Nov 2015
Far from loquacious USA Today 29 Oct 2015
Rudely terse Premier Sunday 23 Aug 2015
Rudely terse Universal 18 Aug 2015
Abrupt
Rudely terse
Rudely terse
Rudely abrupt
Far from loquacious
Rudely brief
Rudely terse
Blunt
Far from chatty
Rudely abrupt
Abrupt
Rudely abrupt
Clipped
Terse
Snappy dog bit tail
Snappish
Clipped (or the start of an Air Force general's split personality)
Short
Of few words
Laconic
Short and not so sweet
Short and not so sweet
Short
Brusque
Brusque
Short and to the point
Rudely brief and to the point
Snappish
Rudely brief
Rudely brief
Short and not so sweet
Snappish
Short and not so sweet
Brief
Snippy
Terse to the point of rudeness
Snippy
Snippy
Rudely abrupt
Short and not sweet
Hardly windy
Of few words
Short-spoken
Rudely brief
Pitcher Schilling
Abrupt
Abrupt
Rudely brief
Pitcher Schilling
Rudely brief
Hardly garrulous
Brusque
Rudely abrupt
Brusque
A bit brusque
Brusque
Snippy
Abrupt
Short-spoken
Terse
Concise
Concise
Hardly chatty
Sportscaster Gowdy
To the point
Impolitely abrupt
Flood of baseball
Short-spoken
Brusque
Snappish
Short but not sweet
Far from loquacious
Sharp or blunt
Flood of baseball
Short and to-the-point
Abrupt
Sportscaster Gowdy
Rudely brief
Rudely abrupt
Sharp
Not real chatty
Snippy
Rudely terse
Short
Snippy
Brief and brusque
Short and not so sweet
Short and snippy
Terse or brusque
Short; abrupt
Short and sour
Laconic to a fault
Abruptly to the point
Mincing no words
Abrupt in speech
Rudely concise
Flood of baseball
Short and impolite.
Concise.
Rudely concise.
So brief as to be rude.
Short.
Rudely brief.
Bluff.
Blunt.
Succinct.
Abrupt.
Brusque.
Abrupt in speech.
Abbreviated
To the point
Brief.
Hardly windy
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