8.2.2.1 Short, not long

Use this domain for words related to being short in length.

Louw Nida Codes: 
81C Long, Short, Far
  • What words describe something that is short?
    short, compact, dumpy, dwarfed, pug, runty, shrimpy, skimpy, stubby, stumpy,
  • What words refer to something becoming short?
    get shorter, shrink, contract,
  • What words refer to making something short?
    shorten, make something shorter, cut down, condense
  • What words describe something that has been made short?
    shortened, abbreviated, abridged, compressed, condensed, contracted, shriveled, shrunk, shrunken,
  • What words refer to being shorter than another thing?
    shorter, shortest,
  • What words refer to how short something is?
    shortness,
  • What words indicate how short something is?
    how short, be (two inches) (too) short,