All shortness synonyms

noun shortness

• minuteness — extremely small, as in size, amount, extent, or degree: minute differences.
• impermanence — not permanent or enduring; transitory.
• littleness — small in size; not big; not large; tiny: a little desk in the corner of the room.
• crispness — (especially of food) hard but easily breakable; brittle: crisp toast.
• lack — something missing or needed: After he left, they really felt the lack.
• insufficience — Obsolete form of insufficiency.
• irritableness — Quality of being irritable.
• edginess — nervously irritable; impatient and anxious.
• abruptness — sudden or unexpected: an abrupt departure.
• dumpiness — The quality of being dumpy.
• conciseness — the quality of being concise.
• impatience — lack of patience.
• concision — the quality of being concise; brevity; terseness
• impetuosity — the quality or condition of being impetuous.
• exiguity — The quality of being meagre or scanty.
• diminutiveness — The state or quality of being diminutive.
• fretfulness — The quality of being fretful.
• curtness — rudely brief in speech or abrupt in manner.
• ephemerality — (uncountable) The state or condition of being ephemeral; transience.