shortness

Noun

Meaning

The quality or state of being short; want of reach or extension; brevity; deficiency; as, the shortness of a journey; the shortness of the days in winter; the shortness of an essay; the shortness of the memory; a shortness of provisions; shortness of breath.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

truncation abruptness brusqueness curtness gruffness miss need economy lack want absence deficit drought shortage deficiency
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Antonyms

longness tallness blizzard babble diffusion chat
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Hypernyms

lack length want height duration deficiency

Hyponyms

curtailment briefness

Phrases with the word

frenulum linguae shortness red-shortness

Examples

Those who make the worst use of their time are the first to complain of its shortness. Jean de La Bruyère

Without fullness of experience, length of days is nothing. When fullness of life has been achieved, shortness of days is nothing. That is perhaps why the young have usually so little fear of death; they live by intensities that the elderly have forgotten. Lewis Mumford

The shortness of life, so often lamented, may be the best thing about it. Arthur Schopenhauer

Fortune pays you sometimes for the intensity of her favors by the shortness of their duration. She soon tires of carrying any one long on her shoulders. Baltasar Gracián

The insolence of shortness is to stretch itself big. Lamba Proverb

The insolence of shortness is to stretch itself big. Bantu Proverb

Close letter words and terms

shortliver shortly shortly before shortness of breath shortnose shortnose cisco