shortness

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (uncountable) The property of being short, of being small of stature or brief.
2. (countable) The result or product of being short.
3. (uncountable) The property of being short or terse.

Sinonieme

brevity

conciseness

briefness

abbreviation

curtness

want

brusqueness

dwarfishness

abridgement

terseness

truncation

need

contraction

gruffness

abruptness

lack

smallness

deficiency

concision

succinctness

deprivation

poorness

privation

reduction

rudeness

scarcity

short

shortage

shortcoming

simplicity

slash

sparseness

stringency

stuntedness

summariness

summary

wart

brittlement

snippiness

being short

absence

abstract

asperity

brief

brittleness

curtailment

cut

dearth

demerit

destitution

Vertalings

Kürze

brevedad

kısalık

kortheid

brevitas

Knappheit

brièveté

βραχύτητα

brusquerie

cortezza

insuffisance

concision

raccourci

sequedat

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: schortnesse

Geërf van Old English: sċortness

In summary

From Middle English schortnesse, from Old English sċortnes, sċeortnys, equivalent to short + -ness.