Dictionary Definition
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English
Noun
- The state of being curt
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
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