HyperDic: short_shrift

English > 1 sense of the expression short shrift:
NOUNcommunicationshort shrift, summary treatmenta brief and unsympathetic rejection
English > short shrift: 1 sense > noun 1, communication
MeaningA brief and unsympathetic rejection.
Example"they made short shrift of my request"
Synonymsummary treatment
BroaderrejectionThe speech act of rejecting
Spanishdespacho

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