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Synonyms for shortness
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Princeton's WordNet
shortness(noun)
the property of being of short spatial extent
"the shortness of the Channel crossing"
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brusqueness, abruptness, truncation, gruffness, curtnessshortness(noun)
the condition of being short of something
"there was no shortness of money"; "can cause shortness of breath"
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brusqueness, abruptness, truncation, gruffness, curtnessshortness, truncation(noun)
the property of being truncated or short
Synonyms:
brusqueness, abruptness, truncation, gruffness, curtnessshortness(noun)
the property of being of short temporal extent
"the shortness of air travel time"
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brusqueness, abruptness, truncation, gruffness, curtnessshortness(noun)
the property of being shorter than average stature
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brusqueness, abruptness, truncation, gruffness, curtnessabruptness, brusqueness, curtness, gruffness, shortness(noun)
an abrupt discourteous manner
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steepness, gruffness, suddenness, precipitance, precipitousness, abruptness, precipitateness, truncation, precipitancy, brusqueness, hoarseness, huskiness, curtness
English Synonyms and Antonyms
shortness
Synonyms:
brevity, compactness, compression, conciseness, condensation, directness, plainness, succinctness, tersenessAntonyms:
circumlocution, diffuseness, periphrasis, pleonasm, prolixity, redundance, redundancy, surplusage, tautology, tediousness, verbiage, verbosity, wordiness
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
shortness(n)
Synonyms:
brevity, briefness, conciseness, laconism, inadequacy, deficiency, insufficiency, shortage, deficit
Words popularity by usage frequency
rank | word | |
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#5864 | compression | |
#24556 | condensation | |
#37781 | shortness | |
#38471 | truncation | |
#41093 | brevity | |
#59430 | compactness | |
#65267 | dyspnea | |
#93289 | directness | |
#98008 | hoarseness | |
#108230 | steepness | |
#132515 | suddenness | |
#141473 | conciseness | |
#190108 | plainness | |
#196689 | abruptness | |
#305389 | succinctness |
How to use shortness in a sentence?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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