Synonyms of shortened

1. shorten, reduce, cut down, cut back, trim, trim down, trim back, cut, bring down: usage: make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration; "He shortened his trip due to illness"
2. abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce, decrease, lessen, minify: usage: reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened"
3. shorten, change, alter, modify: usage: make short or shorter; "shorten the skirt"; "shorten the rope by a few inches"
4. shorten, decrease, diminish, lessen, fall: usage: become short or shorter; "In winter, the days shorten"
5. bowdlerize, bowdlerise, expurgate, castrate, shorten, abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce: usage: edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate; "bowdlerize a novel"

1. sawed-off, sawn-off, shortened, short (vs. long): usage: cut short; "a sawed-off shotgun"; "a sawed-off broomstick"; "the shortened rope was easier to use"
2. abbreviated, shortened, truncated, short (vs. long): usage: cut short in duration; "the abbreviated speech"; "her shortened life was clearly the result of smoking"; "an unsatisfactory truncated conversation"
3. telescoped, shortened, short (vs. long): usage: 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"
4. cut, shortened, abridged (vs. unabridged): usage: with parts removed; "the drastically cut film"