Dictionary Entry
shortness
shortness is a 9-letter English word with 7 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
9 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 12 · 7 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
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.
- 2noun
an abrupt discourteous manner
- 3noun
the property of being shorter than average stature
- 4noun
the property of being of short temporal extent
"the shortness of air travel time"
- 5noun
the property of being of short spatial extent
"the shortness of the Channel crossing"
- 6noun
the property of being truncated or short
Synonyms
- 7noun
the condition of being short of something
"there was no shortness of money"
"can cause shortness of breath"
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