SHORTNESS
Dictionary entry overview: What does shortness mean?
• SHORTNESS (noun)
The noun SHORTNESS has 6 senses:
1. the property of being of short spatial extent
2. the condition of being short of something
3. the property of being truncated or short
4. the property of being of short temporal extent
5. the property of being shorter than average stature
6. an abrupt discourteous manner
Familiarity information: SHORTNESS used as a noun is common.
Dictionary entry details
• SHORTNESS (noun)
Meaning:
The property of being of short spatial extent
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Context example:
the shortness of the Channel crossing
Hypernyms ("shortness" is a kind of...):
length (the linear extent in space from one end to the other; the longest horizontal dimension of something that is fixed in place)
Antonym:
longness (the property of being of long spatial extent)
Meaning:
The condition of being short of something
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Context examples:
there was no shortness of money / can cause shortness of breath
Hypernyms ("shortness" is a kind of...):
deficiency; lack; want (the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable)
Meaning:
The property of being truncated or short
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
truncation; shortness
Hypernyms ("shortness" is a kind of...):
lowness (the condition of being low; lacking height)
Meaning:
The property of being of short temporal extent
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Context example:
the shortness of air travel time
Hypernyms ("shortness" is a kind of...):
duration; length (continuance in time)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "shortness"):
curtailment (the temporal property of being cut short)
briefness (the temporal property of being very short)
Antonym:
longness (duration as an extension)
Meaning:
The property of being shorter than average stature
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("shortness" is a kind of...):
height; stature ((of a standing person) the distance from head to foot)
Antonym:
tallness (the property of being taller than average stature)
Meaning:
An abrupt discourteous manner
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
abruptness; brusqueness; curtness; gruffness; shortness
Hypernyms ("shortness" is a kind of...):
discourtesy; rudeness (a manner that is rude and insulting)
