/ Thesaurus / S Synonyms of short shrift Find synonyms for: Noun1. short shrift, summary treatment, rejectionusage: a brief and unsympathetic rejection; "they made short shrift of my request"WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Related Content Daily Word Quiz: eccentric Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language