SHORT SHRIFT as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • brief and unsympathetic treatment
   Hypernyms(s) short shrift is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • treatment (what does treatment mean?)
   • handling (what does handling mean?)
2. Meaning
   • a brief and unsympathetic rejection
   Synonym(s)
   • summary treatment (what does summary treatment mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • they made short shrift of my request
   Hypernyms(s) short shrift is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • rejection (what does rejection mean?)