curt

adj.语言简练;adj.说话简短而粗鲁,

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
curt (adjective)
1.
a) sparing of words - terse wrote curt precise sentences
b) marked by rude or peremptory shortness - brusque a curt refusal
2.
shortened in linear dimension bluff
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
curt (adjective)
1.
being or characterized by direct, brief, and potentially rude speech or manner
SYNONYMS:
abrupt, bluff, brusque ( brusk), crusty, curt, downright, short, short-spoken, snippy, unceremonious
RELATED WORDS:
gruff, rough, snappish; 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; earnest, honest, sincere; coarse, crass, crude, low, uncouth, vulgar
NEAR ANTONYMS:
civil, considerate, courteous, diplomatic, gracious, polite, politic, smooth, suave, tactful; loquacious, talkative, voluble; long-winded, prolix, verbose; courtly, cultivated, gallant, genteel, polished, refined
circuitous, mealymouthed
curt (adjective)
2.
marked by the use of few words to convey much information or meaning
SYNONYMS:
aphoristic, apothegmatic, brief, capsule, compact, compendious, crisp, curt, elliptical ( elliptic), epigrammatic, laconic, monosyllabic, pithy, sententious, succinct, summary, telegraphic, terse, thumbnail
RELATED WORDS:
abrupt, blunt, brusque ( brusk), short, snippety, snippy; abbreviated, abridged, condensed, curtailed, shortened; meaty, substantial; meaningful, significant; well-turned
NEAR ANTONYMS:
pleonastic, redundant, repetitious, tautological, tautologous; enlarged, expanded, supplemented; embellished, embroidered, exaggerated, inflated
circuitous, circumlocutory, diffuse, long-winded, prolix, rambling, verbose, windy, wordy
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