Crossword clues for short shrift
short shrift
Wiktionary
n. {{context|informal|sometimes preceded by (term the English)|lang=en}} A quick rejection, especially one which is impolite and undertaken without proper consideration.
WordNet
n. a brief and unsympathetic rejection; "they made short shrift of my request" [syn: summary treatment]
brief and unsympathetic treatment
Usage examples of "short shrift".
Indeed, on most TV documentaries and talk shows, sceptics get short shrift and almost no air time.
But he gave them all short shrift and in a little while they left him alone and he went on with his farming and the house stayed lonely.
The years separating Rand and Mat from Ewin, only fourteen, were usually more than enough for them to give short shrift to anything he had to say.
His theory leaned very heavily on kinetic energy, and gave short shrift -- no shrift, actually -- to repair costs.
His theory leaned very heavily on kinetic energy, and gave short shrift—.
In the red hot state our public mind now is in there will be a short shrift for spies.
His theory leaned very heavily on kinetic energy, and gave short shrift.
He gave short shrift to officers who couldn't learn to accept his authority.