Short - Crossword Clue

Crossword Clue Last Updated: 14/04/2022

Below are possible answers for the crossword clue Short.

6 letter answer(s) to short

ABRUPT
  1. curt
  2. exceedingly sudden and unexpected; "came to an abrupt stop"; "an abrupt change in the weather"
  3. extremely steep; "an abrupt canyon"; "the precipitous rapids of the upper river"; "the precipitous hills of Chinese paintings"; "a sharp drop"
  4. marked by sudden changes in subject and sharp transitions; "abrupt prose"
  5. surprisingly and unceremoniously brusque in manner; "an abrupt reply"
SKIMPY
  1. containing little excess; "a lean budget"; "a skimpy allowance"
  2. Of clothes, light & revealing

5 letter answer(s) to short

BRIEF
  1. (of clothing) very short; "an abbreviated swimsuit"; "a brief bikini"
  2. a condensed written summary or abstract
  3. a document stating the facts and points of law of a client's case
  4. concise and succinct; "covered the matter in a brief statement"
  5. give essential information to someone; "The reporters were briefed about the President's plan to invade"
  6. of short duration or distance; "a brief stay in the country"
TERSE
  1. brief and to the point; effectively cut short;

7 letter answer(s) to short

BRUSQUE
  1. marked by rude or peremptory shortness;

4 letter answer(s) to short

CURT
  1. brief and to the point; effectively cut short;
  2. marked by rude or peremptory shortness;

3 letter answer(s) to short

SHY
  1. a quick throw; "he gave the ball a shy to the first baseman"
  2. lacking self-confidence; "stood in the doorway diffident and abashed"; "problems that call for bold not timid responses"; "a very unsure young man"
  3. short; "eleven is one shy of a dozen"
  4. start suddenly, as from fright
  5. throw quickly
  6. wary and distrustful; disposed to avoid persons or things; "shy of strangers"

Other crossword clues with similar answers to 'Short'

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(Of clothes) short and revealing
26 19's fire once ignited in fictional schoolboy
A bully briefly seizing power will be short
A nervous throw?
Abrupt
Abrupt language after concert's conclusion
Abrupt, offhand
Antisesquipedalian
BASHFUL
Blunt - rude
Blunt end of skewer stuck into piece of meat
Breviloquent
Brief
Brief and to the point
Brief novel penned by fifth columnist
Bring up-to-date
Brusque
Brusque in Battersea
Brusque king tucking into chop
Brusque, in daughter's estimation
Cadge a drink then beat it!
Cheese fine initially, but not long
Clipped
Concise
Concise instructions
Concise; short-lived
Copper right to be abrupt
Crisp, cheese flavour, originally
Curt
Curt, put bar off
Devil in heaven unlikely to be warm enough?
Diffident
Diffident Greek character voiced by 1 down?
Discover barristers examining brief
Distinction made by holy woman when describing American church
Elliptical
Far from windy
Fit to host just half of brunch - it's short
Fleeting
Give a rundown
Give information to brusque lawyer
Hardly gregarious
Hardly likely to streak
Hardly prolix
Hardly sesquipedalian
Hardly windy
Hardly wordy
In headlinese, say
Instructions given for a task
Issue instructions to lawyer
Kipling character to watch out, in short
Lacking
Laconic
Lawyer put in the picture
Like a wallflower
Like Coolidge's utterance
Like headlines
Like Hemingway's prose
Like shrinking violets
Like the review "Hated it
Meager
Meagre
Mean runner married Penny, heartlessly
Nervous, timid
Not at all garrulous
Not at all windy
Not bold
Not camera-ready?
Not covering much
Not drawn out
Not flowery
Not going on
Not going on to give instructions
Not likely to pose nude
Not making eye contact, s
Not saying much
Not wandering
Not windy
Not wordy
Of short duration
Orders strong cheese to start with
Page in article, very dry and short
Picture barrister in Parisian bar
Precipitate
Provide someone with the facts of the case
Quick form of pop art
Quiet? Yes, quiet
Reluctant to meet people,
Republican beset by economy, in brief
Reserved
Reserved "special" with hungry, empty stomach
Retail therapy with time short
Reticent
Retiring
Revealing
Revealing book from Kipling — notice covers
Rub Pat the wrong way? That's sudden!
Rude sailor visiting priest during period of sexual excitement
Rude sentry's edging away from royal greeting
Rudely abrupt
Rudely brief
Rudely terse
Scanty
See 22
Short - essential information
Short and maybe sweet
Short and often not sweet
Short and sharp
Short and to the point
Short bar put out
Short contribution to poster session
Short extract from writer's exposition
Short fibre spun
Short in duration
Short letter sent, partially read?
Short novel acquired by agent
Short of
Short person perhaps close to dock
Short piece of poetry given new introduction
Short reading for one in the nick
Short stretch of shorter sentence
Short, abrupt
Short, strong cheese as starter
Short-lived
Short-lived responsibility
Short-spoken
Short-winded
Shrink
Slow to mix, say
Small book, one carried by match official
Snoop around a Kardashian exhibiting flesh
Some after sex that's quick
Succinct
Succinct poem needs new beginning
Sudden
Sudden and unexpected
Sudden, unexpected
Summary
Supply all pertinent information to lawyer
Surprisingly brusque
Synopsis
Terse to the point of rud
Thorpe's boundaries risked losing all, even being abrupt
Throw
Throw backward
Timid
Timid in company
Timid throw
To the point
Truncated fancy bra raised temperature
Ultimately elegant Celtic language, neat and concise
Ultimately elegant Irish language crisply brief
Unexpected - precipitous
Unexpected point concluding a second-rate game
Unlikely to break the ice
Unlikely to raise one's h
Unpadded
Wallflower-ish
Wallflowerish
Withdrawn
Without any embroidery

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