curt

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

curt [curt curter curtest] BrE [kɜːt] NAmE [kɜːrt] adjective
(of a person's manner or behaviour)appearing rude because very few words are used, or because sth is done in a very quick way
Syn: ↑abrupt, Syn: ↑brusque
•a curt reply
•a curt nod
•A curt note of rejection arrived from the company director.
•His tone was curt and unfriendly.
Derived Words: ↑curtly ▪ ↑curtness

Word Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘short, shortened’): from Latin curtus ‘cut short, abridged’.

Example Bank:
•She dismissed him with a curt nod of the head.
•She ignored the curt order.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  crisp, laconic, terse, brusque, brusk, short(p)