Synonyms for shortness

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1. shortness(noun)

   the property of being of short spatial extent

   "the shortness of the Channel crossing"

   Synonyms:
   brusqueness, abruptness, truncation, gruffness, curtness

   Antonyms:
   longness, tallness

2. shortness(noun)

   the condition of being short of something

   "there was no shortness of money"; "can cause shortness of breath"

   Synonyms:
   brusqueness, abruptness, truncation, gruffness, curtness

   Antonyms:
   longness, tallness

3. shortness, truncation(noun)

   the property of being truncated or short

   Synonyms:
   brusqueness, abruptness, truncation, gruffness, curtness

   Antonyms:
   tallness, longness

4. shortness(noun)

   the property of being of short temporal extent

   "the shortness of air travel time"

   Synonyms:
   brusqueness, abruptness, truncation, gruffness, curtness

   Antonyms:
   longness, tallness

5. shortness(noun)

   the property of being shorter than average stature

   Synonyms:
   brusqueness, abruptness, truncation, gruffness, curtness

   Antonyms:
   longness, tallness

6. abruptness, brusqueness, curtness, gruffness, shortness(noun)

   an abrupt discourteous manner

   Synonyms:
   steepness, gruffness, suddenness, precipitance, precipitousness, abruptness, precipitateness, truncation, precipitancy, brusqueness, hoarseness, huskiness, curtness

   Antonyms:
   longness, tallness

English Synonyms and Antonyms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. shortness

   Synonyms:
   brevity, compactness, compression, conciseness, condensation, directness, plainness, succinctness, terseness

   Antonyms:
   circumlocution, diffuseness, periphrasis, pleonasm, prolixity, redundance, redundancy, surplusage, tautology, tediousness, verbiage, verbosity, wordiness

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1. shortness(n)

   Synonyms:
   brevity, briefness, conciseness, laconism, inadequacy, deficiency, insufficiency, shortage, deficit

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1. List of paraphrases for "shortness":

   dyspnea, brevity

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How to use shortness in a sentence?

1. Suzanne Steinbaum:

   If you’re exercising and you have symptoms of chest discomfort, not just shortness of breath, but real difficulty getting air in, stop. If you don’t recover quickly and it happens again, go see your doctor.

2. Whitney Gregory:

   The fatigue, shortness of breath and headaches are too much for me to get through the day, i would never be able to keep up with the fast pace of the ER. I feel like a shell of Whitney Gregory.

3. Van Kerkhove:

   When we actually go back and we say how many of them were truly asymptomatic, we find out that many have really mild disease, they're not quote-unquote Covid symptoms -- meaning they may not have developed fever yet, they may not have had a significant cough, or they may not have shortness of breath -- but some may have mild disease.

4. Elliot Richard Haut:

   Otherwise healthy women sometimes start to have symptoms—a swollen leg, or shortness of breath, or chest pain—and people will often blow it off.

5. Joe Allen:

   You see a slow onset of some symptoms like wheezing, shortness of breath or coughing, this is a disease that is irreversible, often requiring a lung transplant.

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