Associations to the word «Shortness»

Wiktionary

SHORTNESS, noun. (uncountable) The property of being short, of being small of stature or brief.
SHORTNESS, noun. (countable) The result or product of being short.
SHORTNESS OF BREATH, noun. Difficulty in breathing; dyspnea

Dictionary definition

SHORTNESS, noun. The property of being of short spatial extent; "the shortness of the Channel crossing".
SHORTNESS, noun. The condition of being short of something; "there was no shortness of money"; "can cause shortness of breath".
SHORTNESS, noun. The property of being truncated or short.
SHORTNESS, noun. The property of being of short temporal extent; "the shortness of air travel time".
SHORTNESS, noun. The property of being shorter than average stature.
SHORTNESS, noun. An abrupt discourteous manner.

Wise words

Occasionally in life there are those moments of unutterable fulfillment which cannot be completely explained by those symbols called words. Their meanings can only be articulated by the inaudible language of the heart.
Martin Luther King Jr.