SHORT SHRIFT

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A brief and unsympathetic rejection

Example:

they made short shrift of my request

Synonyms:

short shrift; summary treatment

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("short shrift" is a kind of...):

rejection (the speech act of rejecting)

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