Definition of Short shrift

1. Noun. A brief and unsympathetic rejection. "They made short shrift of my request"

Exact synonyms: Summary Treatment
Generic synonyms: Rejection

Lexicographical Neighbors of Short Shrift

short pants
short peroneal muscle
short posterior ciliary artery
short process of malleus
short radial extensor muscle of wrist
short rib-polydactyly syndrome
short ribs
short root of ciliary ganglion
short rotation energy plantation
short rotation intensive culture
short sale
short saphenous nerve
short saphenous vein
short saphenous vein
short selling
short shrift (current term)
short sight
short sleep
short sleeve
short story
short subject
short temper
short TI inversion recovery
short ton
short ton
short vinculum
short wave
short wave diathermy
short whist
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