shortened English

Meaning shortened meaning

What does shortened mean?

shortened

— adjective (= sawed-off) cut short a sawed-off shotgun a sawed-off broomstick the shortened rope was easier to use

— adjective (= telescoped) shortened by or as if by means of parts that slide one within another or are crushed one into another a miracle that anyone survived in the telescoped cars years that seemed telescoped like time in a dream

— adjective (= abbreviated, truncated) cut short in duration the abbreviated speech her shortened life was clearly the result of smoking an unsatisfactory truncated conversation

— adjective (= cut) with parts removed the drastically cut film

Synonyms shortened synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as shortened?

shortened English » English

abbreviated

abridged

curtailed

truncated

reduced

cut

telescoped

sawn-off

sawed-off

lessened

diminished

cut short

cut down

contracted

condensed

shrink

potted

mutilated

decreased

curtail

curt

clipped

Topics shortened topics

What do people use shortened to talk about?

States Big Long

Short, not long

• What words describe something that has been made short?
  shortened abbreviated abridged compressed condensed contracted shriveled shrunk shrunken

States Big Long

Short, not tall

• What words describe something that has been made short?
  shortened shrunken