short [shawrt] Example Sentences
Main Entry:
short [shawrt]
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: abridged
Synonyms: abbreviate, abbreviated, aphoristic, bare, boiled down, breviloquent, brief, compendiary, compendious, compressed, concise, condensed, curtailed, curtate, cut short, cut to the bone, decreased, decurtate, diminished, epigrammatic, fleeting, in a nutshell, laconic, lessened, little, momentary, not protracted, pithy, pointed, precise, sententious, short and sweet, short-lived, short-term, shortened, succinct, summarized, summary, terse, undersized, unprolonged, unsustained
Antonyms: large, lengthy, long, unabridged
Main Entry: short
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: insufficient
Synonyms: deficient, exiguous, failing, inadequate, lacking, limited, low on, meager, needing, niggardly, poor, scant, scanty, scarce, short-handed, shy, skimpy, slender, slim, sparse, tight, wanting
Antonyms: adequate, enough, sufficient
Main Entry: short
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: abrupt, discourteous
Synonyms: bad-tempered, blunt, breviloquent, brief, brusque, curt, direct, gruff, impolite, inconsiderate, irascible, offhand, rude, sharp, short-spoken, short-tempered, snappy, snippety, snippy, straight, terse, testy, thoughtless, unceremonious, uncivil, ungracious
Antonyms: courteous, kind, polite
Example Sentences
  • Both my short term and long-term memory were affected, so were word recall and spelling.
  • From farther afield on wilderness trails, it inspires nothing short of awe.
  • Delicate capiz-shell candleholders on a matching tray show off short stems of white quince.
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Main Entry: short
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: crumbly
Synonyms: brittle, crisp, crunchy, delicate, fragile, friable
Antonyms: thick
Main Entry: short
Part of Speech: adverb
Definition: abruptly
Synonyms: aback, by surprise, forthwith, sudden, suddenly, unanticipatedly, unaware, unawares, unexpectedly, without delay, without hesitation, without warning
Antonyms: long
Related Words
Main Entry: short
Part of Speech: adjective, adverb
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Adjectives:
little, short, brachyskelic, brief, commatic, compact, compendious, concise, curt, curtailed of its fair proportion, dumpy, fubsy, improcerous, oblate, pug, runtish, scrimp, shorn, short by, short-waisted, spuddy, squab, squabbish, squabby, squat, stubbed, stubby, stumpy, summary, thickset, undersized
Main Entry: abrupt
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: rude or brief in manner
Synonyms: blunt, brusque, crude, crusty, curt, direct, discourteous, gruff, impetuous, impolite, matter-of-fact, rough, short, snappy, snippy, uncivil, ungracious
Antonyms: calm, kind, nice
Main Entry: bluff
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: abrupt
Synonyms: barefaced, bearish, blunt, blustering, breviloquent, brief, brusque, candid, crusty, curt, direct, downright, forthright, frank, gruff, hearty, honest, laconic, no-nonsense, open, outspoken, plain-spoken, rough, rude, short, short-spoken, sincere, snippety, snippy, straightforward, tactless, tart, terse, unceremonious
Main Entry: blunt
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: straightforward
Synonyms: abrupt, bluff, brief, brusque, candid, crusty, curt, discourteous, explicit, forthright, frank, gruff, impolite, matter-of-fact, outspoken, plain-spoken, rude, short, snappy, snippy, tactless, trenchant, unceremonious, uncivil, unpolished
Antonyms: polite, subtle, tactful
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