shortness
Meaning of shortness
noun
- The property of being short, of being small of stature or brief.
the patient's shortness of breath
- The result or product of being short.
- The property of being short or terse.
I was chastened by the shortness of her reply.
Information about shortness
- It is a name.
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Hyphenation of shortness
short-ness
- It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
- shortness is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
shortness synonyms
Meaning truncation:
Meaning abruptness:
abruptness, brusqueness, curtness, gruffness
Translation of shortness
- Spanish: insuficiencia, escasez
- French: brièveté, exiguïté
Words that rhyme with shortness
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