curtness

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: curt=ness

CIDE DICTIONARY

curtness, n. 

 The quality of bing curt.  [1913 Webster]

THESAURUS

curtness

abruptness, aggressiveness, bearishness, beastliness, bluntness, boorishness, brachylogy, brashness, brevity, briefness, brusqueness, brusquerie, churlishness, compactness, compendiousness, conciseness, concision, crispness, crustiness, dumbness, economy of words, gruffness, harshness, instantaneousness, laconicalness, laconism, littleness, lowness, muteness, nastiness, obmutescence, pauciloquy, pithiness, pointedness, quietness, quietude, reserve, roughness, sententiousness, severity, sharpness, short time, shortness, silence, sparingness of words, speechlessness, succinctness, summariness, surliness, taciturnity, terseness, transience, truculence, unloquaciousness, untalkativeness, wordlessness

ROGET THESAURUS

curtness

Taciturnity

N taciturnity, silence, muteness, obmutescence, taciturnity, pauciloquy, costiveness, curtness, reserve, reticence, man of few words, silent, mute, mum, silent as a post, silent as a stone, silent as the grave, dumb, unconversable, taciturn, sparing of words, closetongued, costive, inconversable, curt, reserved, reticent, Int, shush!, tush!, silence!, mum!, hush!, chut!, hist!, tut!, chup!, mum's the word, keep your mouth shut!, cave quid dicis quando et cui, volto sciolto i pensieri stretti.