Definition for Shortened:

• To shorten a rope, to take in the slack of it; to shorten sail, to reduce sail by taking the sails in.

Synonyms for Shortened:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • shortened.
  •bobbed (adjective)
  • more trimmed,
  • most cropped,
  • more cut,
  • more cropped,
  • most coiffed,
  • most trimmed,
  • more coiffed,
  • most cut.
  •decreased (adjective)
  • concentrated,
  • Compacted,
  • depleted,
  • diminished,
  • lessened,
  • drained,
  • decremented,
  • shrunk,
  • Receded,
  • decreased,
  • Abated,
  • eroded,
  • deflated,
  • lower.
  •diminished (adjective)
  • downgraded,
  • removed,
  • weeded,
  • Leached,
  • tapered,
  • Pared,
  • shrunken,
  • Lightened,
  • dropped.
  •reduced (adjective)
  • subtracted,
  • bated,
  • miniaturized,
  • Discounted,
  • Depreciated,
  • Deleted,
  • scaled down.
  •restricted (adjective)
  • more bridled,
  • more encircled,
  • most encircled,
  • most moderated,
  • most tempered,
  • encircled,
  • most deterred,
  • pre vented,
  • re pressed,
  • more suppressed,
  • most repressed,
  • more hampered,
  • more moderated,
  • more blocked,
  • more checked,
  • more narrowed,
  • most defined,
  • more stayed,
  • most obstructed,
  • re-pressed,
  • most checked,
  • most narrowed,
  • most fettered,
  • fettered,
  • more defined,
  • pre-scribed,
  • more foiled,
  • more curbed,
  • more tempered,
  • de-fined,
  • more deterred,
  • sur-rounded,
  • sur rounded,
  • most blocked,
  • more barred,
  • more manacled,
  • more chained,
  • re strained,
  • most suppressed,
  • more secured,
  • most manacled,
  • most curbed,
  • more tethered,
  • more clogged,
  • governed,
  • most impeded,
  • tempered,
  • most barred,
  • most bridled,
  • most clogged,
  • more hitched,
  • more repressed,
  • most secured,
  • de fined,
  • pre-vented,
  • re-strained,
  • most hampered,
  • most tethered,
  • most stayed,
  • impeded,
  • most foiled,
  • most hitched,
  • more impeded,
  • most chained,
  • more fettered,
  • more obstructed.
  •scarce (adjective)
  • few,
  • un common,
  • more truncated,
  • un usual,
  • most seldom,
  • at premium,
  • un commoner,
  • semi-occasional,
  • few far between,
  • un-commoner,
  • more semioccasional,
  • more seldom,
  • un-usual,
  • in short supply,
  • most truncated,
  • un-common,
  • un commonest,
  • semi occasional,
  • most semioccasional.
  •short (adjective)
  • in a nutshell,
  • cut to the bone,
  • decurtate,
  • under-sized,
  • Unsustained,
  • breviloquent,
  • compendiary,
  • cut to bone,
  • Curtate,
  • not protracted,
  • unprolonged,
  • shortest.

• v.

  •curtailed (verb)
  • fragmented,
  • minimized,
  • discontinued.
  •decreased (verb)
  • lowered,
  • Subsided,
  • Shrank,
  • Dwindled,
  • deducted,
  • died down.
  •diminished (verb)
  • Culled.
  •shortened (verb)
  • belittled.

• Other synonyms:

  •capsulated
  • summarized.

Paraphrases for Shortened:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    abridged.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    condensed, accelerated.
  • Verb, past tense
    Shrank.
  • Verb, past participle
    Hastened, lessened, tightened, shrunk, minimised, restricted, downgraded, stretched, reduction, restored, weakened, downsized, constrained, intensified, Accentuated, compressed, discontinued, converted, offset, minimized, stopped, interrupted, Hindered, depressed, Outstripped, expedited, Curtailed, narrowed, undercut, attenuated, impaired, relieved, improved, alleviated, reducing, Transported, disrupted, eroded, adjusted, corrected, mitigated, Hampered, Shown, Resulted, Rendered, Boosted, confined, impeded, undermined, relaxed, outlined, suppressed, torn, eased, summarised, moderated, Relegated, degraded, Adjourned, slashed, limited, suspended, Compromised, depleted, rushed, saved, quickened, contracted, truncated, Sped, changed, strained, Spurred, Pushed, phased, deducted, Squeezed, Dwindled, fast-tracked, Discounted, moved, rolled, Returned, crushed, curbed, Wiped, halted, Slowed, trimmed, collapsed, scaled, Abated, pruned, Subsided, diluted, Declined, burnt, Brought, chopped, stunted, dropped, Bridged, cropped, blunted, Dwarfed, clipped, blown, laid, taken, Plunged, fallen, kept, failed, pulled, cut, Carried, abridged, condensed, accelerated.

Antonyms for Shortened:

• adj.

  • Other antonyms:
    unabridged, long.

• Other antonyms:

  • n.
    tall.

Shortened Sentence Examples:

• We all shortened our acts at the direction of the ringmaster, and it was well we did so.

• Then ropes would be got ashore from each extremity of the vessel; which done, she would back again, and the bow line would be shortened in.

Homophones for Shortened:

• short-winded, shorthand, short-handed.