Term: short shrift: a brief and unsympathetic rejection
Candidate hypernym: rejection: the speech act of rejecting → 1
Candidate hypernym: pinniped mammal: aquatic carnivorous mammal having a streamlined body specialized for swimming with limbs modified as flippers → 0
Candidate hypernym: array: especially fine or decorative clothing → 0
Candidate hypernym: aether: personification of the sky or upper air breathed by the Olympians; son of Erebus and night or of Chaos and darkness → 0
Candidate hypernym: estoppel: a rule of evidence whereby a person is barred from denying the truth of a fact that has already been settled → 0
Candidate hypernym: tagalog: the language of the Tagalog on which Filipino is based → 0
Candidate hypernym: biodegradable pollution: pollution that is rendered harmless by natural processes and so causes no permanent harm → 0
Candidate hypernym: celtuce: leaves having celery-like stems eaten raw or cooked → 0
Candidate hypernym: export duty: a duty imposed on exports → 0
Candidate hypernym: wrestler: combatant who tries to throw opponent to the ground → 0
Candidate hypernym: flying gurnard: tropical fish with huge fanlike pectoral fins for underwater gliding; unrelated to searobins → 0