| Adj. | 1. | shortened - cut short; "a sawed-off shotgun"; "a sawed-off broomstick"; "the shortened rope was easier to use" |
| 2. | shortened - cut short in duration; "the abbreviated speech"; "a curtailed visit"; "her shortened life was clearly the result of smoking"; "an unsatisfactory truncated conversation" Synonyms: truncated, abbreviated | |
| 3. | shortened - shortened by or as if by means of parts that slide one within another or are crushed one into another; "a miracle that anyone survived in the telescoped cars"; "years that seemed telescoped like time in a dream" Synonyms: telescoped | |
| 4. | shortened - with parts removed; "the drastically cut film" Synonyms: cut |