cursory
— Adjective
– English
~ hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough; "a casual (or cursory) inspection failed to reveal the house's structural flaws"; "a passing glance"; "perfunctory courtesy"; "In his paper, he showed a very superficial understanding of psychoanalytic theory"
curst
— Adjective
– English
~ deserving a curse; sometimes used as an intensifier; "villagers shun the area believing it to be cursed"; "cursed with four daughter"; "not a cursed drop"; "his cursed stupidity"; "I'll be cursed if I can see your reasoning"
curt
— Adjective
– English
~ brief and to the point; effectively cut short; "a crisp retort"; "a response so curt as to be almost rude"; "the laconic reply; `yes'"; "short and terse and easy to understand"
curt
— Adjective
– English
~ marked by rude or peremptory shortness; "try to cultivate a less brusque manner"; "a curt reply"; "the salesgirl was very short with him"
curtail
— Verb
– English
~ terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent; "My speech was cut short"; "Personal freedom is curtailed in many countries"
curtail
— Verb
– English
~ place restrictions on; "curtail drinking in school"
curtailment
— Noun
– English
~ the temporal property of being cut short
curtailment
— Noun
– English
~ the reduction of expenditures in order to become financially stable
curtailment
— Noun
– English
~ the act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation; "a suppression of the newspaper"
curtain
— Verb
– English
~ provide with drapery; "curtain the bedrooms"
closing curtain
— Noun
– English
~ the concluding part of any performance
curtain call
— Noun
– English
~ an appearance by actors or performers at the end of the concert or play in order to acknowledge the applause of the audience
curtain
— Noun
– English
~ hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
curtain
— Noun
– English
~ any barrier to communication or vision; "a curtain of secrecy"; "a curtain of trees"
curtained
— Adjective
– English
~ furnished or concealed with curtains or draperies; "a curtained alcove"
curtainless
— Adjective
– English
~ not provided with curtains; "blank, curtainless windows stared back at her"
curtal
— Adjective
– English
~ (archaic) cut short; "a dog with a curtal tail"