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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 rejectionplay

  Familiarity information: SHORT SHRIFT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SHORT SHRIFT (noun)


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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