He gave me a curt answer.
Source: tatoeba (289800)
Curt
//kɝt//
Synonyms for "curt" (111 found)
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Closest matches (23)
Strong matches (33)
Related words (55)
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Translations
65 translations across 14 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- кратък adj (short or concise)
- лаконичен adj (brief or terse, especially to the point of being rude)
- сбит adj (short or concise)
Catalan
2 entries- brusc adj (brief or terse, especially to the point of being rude)
- eixut adj (brief or terse, especially to the point of being rude)
Czech
4 entries- bryskní adj (short or concise)
- odměřený adj (brief or terse, especially to the point of being rude)
- strohý adj (brief or terse, especially to the point of being rude)
- strohý adj (short or concise)
Finnish
4 entries- lyhyt adj (short or concise)
- niukkasanainen adj (short or concise)
- tiivis adj (short or concise)
- tyly adj (brief or terse, especially to the point of being rude)
French
2 entries- abrupt adj (brief or terse, especially to the point of being rude)
- sommaire adj (brief or terse, especially to the point of being rude)
Galician
1 entries- curto adj (short or concise)
German
4 entries- barsch adj (brief or terse, especially to the point of being rude)
- brüsk adj (brief or terse, especially to the point of being rude)
- knapp adj (brief or terse, especially to the point of being rude)
- kurz adj (short or concise)
Hungarian
4 entries- kurta adj (brief or terse, especially to the point of being rude)
- rövid adj (short or concise)
- rövidített adj (short or concise)
- tömör adj (short or concise)
Irish
2 entries- gearr-abartha adj (brief or terse, especially to the point of being rude)
- gearrbhéalach adj (brief or terse, especially to the point of being rude)
Macedonian
4 entries- зби́ен adj (short or concise)
- кра́ток adj (short or concise)
- ла́конски adj (short or concise)
- о́стар adj (brief or terse, especially to the point of being rude)
Portuguese
4 entries- brusco adj (brief or terse, especially to the point of being rude)
- conciso adj (short or concise)
- curto adj (short or concise)
- seco adj (brief or terse, especially to the point of being rude)
Russian
4 entries- лаконичный adj (short or concise)
- немногословный adj (brief or terse, especially to the point of being rude)
- односложный adj (brief or terse, especially to the point of being rude)
- отрывистый adj (brief or terse, especially to the point of being rude)
Spanish
4 entries- brusco adj (brief or terse, especially to the point of being rude)
- conciso adj (short or concise)
- cortante adj (brief or terse, especially to the point of being rude)
- corto adj (short or concise)
Swedish
3 entries- brysk adj (brief or terse, especially to the point of being rude)
- korthuggen adj (brief or terse, especially to the point of being rude)
- tvär adj (brief or terse, especially to the point of being rude)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
She is curt.
Source: tatoeba (312474)
Don't you think it's rude to give people such a curt reply like that?
Source: tatoeba (323578)
Krista's curt, businesslike tone put off her clients at the maternity ward, especially on their special days.
Source: tatoeba (788267)
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