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SHORT SHRIFT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does short shrift mean?
• SHORT SHRIFT (noun)
The noun SHORT SHRIFT has 1 sense:
1. a brief and unsympathetic rejection
Familiarity information: SHORT SHRIFT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A brief and unsympathetic rejection
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
short shrift; summary treatment
Context example:
they made short shrift of my request
Hypernyms ("short shrift" is a kind of...):
rejection (the speech act of rejecting)
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