Shortened Synonyms and Antonyms

Cut short
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. abbreviated
  2. sawed-off
  3. sawn-off
  4. truncated
Reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. reduced
  2. cut
  3. curtailed
  4. decreased
  5. condensed
  6. abridged
  7. shrunken
  8. abbreviated
  9. contracted
  10. truncated
  11. trimmed
  12. slashed
  13. restricted
  14. restrained
  15. lopped
  16. limited
  17. lessened
  18. epitomized
  19. compressed
  20. docked
  21. diminished
  22. deprived
  23. confined
  24. clipped
  25. circumscribed
  26. chopped
  27. bobbed
Antonyms:
  1. lengthened
  2. amplified
  3. enlarged
  4. elongated
  5. increased
  6. grown
Edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. castrated
  2. expurgated
  3. bowdlerized
Shortened by or as if by means of parts that slide one within another or are crushed one into another
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. telescoped
With parts removed
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. cut

Shortened Sentence Examples

  • His teeth shortened and turned normal as she watched.

  • Visceral commissure much shortened, except in Aplysia.

  • The duration of the outbreak can be shortened by a day or two.

  • This is the full, ideal development, which is always contracted or shortened to a greater or less extent.

  • The time consumed in lowering the men is shortened by the use of cages having two or more decks.

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