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