Short-coming, n.
- 1. Deficiency.
- 2. Slip, fault, error, failing, defect, weakness, deficiency, imperfection, failure.
Shorten, v. a.
- 1. Abbreviate, abridge, cut short, curtail.
- 2. Lessen, diminish, reduce, abridge.
- 3. Curtail, cut off.
- 4. Contract, lessen, diminish, retrench.
- 5. Confine, restrain, restrict, hinder.
- 6. Deprive, lop.
Shortening, n.
- 1. Abbreviation, curtailment, abridgment, contraction, reduction, retrenchment, diminution.
- 2. Fat, fatty substance.
Short-hand, n. Stenography, brachygraphy, tachygraphy.
Short-lived, a. Transient, ephemeral, mushroom, transitory.
Shortly, ad.
- 1. Soon, quickly, in a short time, in a little time.
- 2. Briefly, concisely, tersely, succinctly, in a few words.
Shortness, n.
- 1. Brevity, conciseness, terseness.
- 2. Deficiency, imperfection, poverty.