All short synonyms
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S s adj short
- half pint β half of a pint, equal to 8 fluid ounces (1 cup) or 16 tablespoons (0.2 liter).
- close-grained β (of wood) dense or compact in texture
- laconic β using few words; expressing much in few words; concise: a laconic reply.
- in short supply β If something is in short supply, there is very little of it available and it is difficult to find or obtain.
- at a premium β If something is at a premium, it is wanted or needed, but is difficult to get or achieve.
- make-do β something that serves as a substitute, especially of an inferior or expedient nature: We had to get along with make-dos during the war.
- few and far between β not many but more than one: Few artists live luxuriously.
- flawed β characterized by flaws; having imperfections: a flawed gem; a seriously flawed piece of work.
- lineal β being in the direct line, as a descendant or ancestor, or in a direct line, as descent or succession.
- little β small in size; not big; not large; tiny: a little desk in the corner of the room.
- hasty β moving or acting with haste; speedy; quick; hurried.
- cyclonic β of or relating to a cyclone.
- bottommost β lowest or most fundamental
- huffish β peevish; irritable.
- make do β something that serves as a substitute, especially of an inferior or expedient nature: We had to get along with make-dos during the war.
- mini β miniskirt.
- fleet-footed β able to run fast.
- deficient β If someone or something is deficient in a particular thing, they do not have the full amount of it that they need in order to function normally or work properly.
- ground level β ground state.
- huffy β easily offended; touchy.
- beggared β a person who begs alms or lives by begging.
- abrupt β An abrupt change or action is very sudden, often in a way which is unpleasant.
- momentary β lasting but a moment; very brief; fleeting: a momentary glimpse.
- half-assed β insufficient or haphazard; not fully planned or developed.
- low β to utter by or as by lowing.
- down and out β downward; going or directed downward: the down escalator.
- hurried β moving or working rapidly, especially forced or required to hurry, as a person.
- miter β the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- missing β Missing definition
- double-edged β having two cutting edges, as a razor blade.
adverb short
- asudden β in an abrupt manner
- expeditiously β In an expeditious manner.
verb short
- caboodle β a lot, bunch, or group (esp in the phrases the whole caboodle, the whole kit and caboodle)
- double-deal β to practice double-dealing.
- bunco β a swindle, esp one by confidence tricksters
- hosing β an act or instance of being taken advantage of or cheated.
adjective short
- gnomic β like or containing gnomes or aphorisms.
- niggardly β reluctant to give or spend; stingy; miserly.
- lessened β to become less.
- midget β (not in technical use) an extremely small person having normal physical proportions.
- needing β a requirement, necessary duty, or obligation: There is no need for you to go there.
- diminished β to make or cause to seem smaller, less, less important, etc.; lessen; reduce.
- minikin β a person or object that is delicate, dainty, or diminutive.
- concise β Something that is concise says everything that is necessary without using any unnecessary words.
- curtailed β to cut short; cut off a part of; abridge; reduce; diminish.
- mitre β to bestow a miter upon, or raise to a rank entitled to it.
- marrowy β Full of marrow; pithy.
noun short
- meat β the flesh of animals as used for food.