| Main Entry: | short |
| 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: | not tall |
Synonyms: |
abbreviated, chunky, close to the ground, compact, diminutive, little, low, not long, petite, pint-sized, pocket, pocket-sized, runty, sawed-off, skimpy, slight, small, squat, squatty, stocky, stubby, stunted, thick, thickset, tiny, undersized, wee |
Antonyms: |
high, lengthy, long, tall |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | short |
| Part of Speech: | adjective, adverb |
Related
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
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| 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 |