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61short shrift — Synonyms and related words: cruelty, flat refusal, flintiness, hardness, harshness, heartlessness, inclemency, inexorableness, mercilessness, pitilessness, point blank refusal, rebuff, relentlessness, remorselessness, repulse, ruthlessness,… …
62give short shrift — treat without consideration, deal rudely with …
63in shrift — in confession (to a priest) …
64make short shrift of — get rid of quickly, destroy rapidly …
65short shrift — brief time for confession or absolution given to a condemned prisoner before his execution; lack of attention or consideration in dealing with a person or matter …
66short shrift — noun 1》 rapid and unsympathetic dismissal; curt treatment. 2》 archaic little time between condemnation and execution or punishment …
67Cyrillic — For Unicode block, see Cyrillic (Unicode block). Cyrillic …
68shortshrift — short shrift n. 1. Summary, careless treatment; scant attention: These annoying memos will get short shrift from the boss. 2. Quick work. 3. a. A short respite, as from death. b. The brief time before execution granted a condemned prisoner for… …
69Fossil word — A fossil word is an obsolete word which remains in currency because it is contained within an idiom still in use. [cite book|url=http://dictionary.oed.com/cgi/entry/50089008?|title=fossil|publisher=Oxford English Dictionary|edition=Second Edition …
70short — short1 W1S1 [ʃo:t US ʃo:rt] adj comparative shorter superlative shortest ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(time)¦ 2¦(length/distance)¦ 3¦(not tall)¦ 4¦(book/letter)¦ 5¦(not enough)¦ 6 be short on something 7¦(less than)¦ …
