Crossword-Solution: SHRIFT
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Shrift | n. | The act of shriving. |
| Shrift | n. | Confession made to a priest, and the absolution consequent upon it. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| SHRIFT | anagram | FIRTHS |
We have 23 clues for the answer “SHRIFT”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Short (little attention) | 1 answer |
| the act of being shriven | 1 answer |
| act or an instance of shriving or being shriven | 1 answer |
| With "short," an unsympathetic rejection | 1 answer |
| With "short," a curt rejection | 1 answer |
| Unsympathetic rejection (with "short") | 1 answer |
| Short ___ (unsympathetic rejection) | 1 answer |
| Short ___ (summary treatment) | 1 answer |
| Short ___ (quick work) | 1 answer |
| Short ___ (little consideration). | 1 answer |
| Short __: little or no consideration | 1 answer |
| Short __ (lack of attention) | 1 answer |
| Make short of | 1 answer |
| Make short ___ of (give little attention) | 1 answer |
| It's usually short | 1 answer |
| Give short ___ | 1 answer |
| Confession, old-style | 1 answer |
| Confession, formerly | 1 answer |
| Confession to a priest | 2 answers |
| CONFESSION STARTER | 10 answers |
| Penance | 19 answers |
| forgiveness | 54 answers |
| Short | 99 answers |
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One who, or that which, eats.
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Sentences with SHRIFT (5)
Both men and women were armed with long-swords and daggers, but no firearms were in evidence, else it had been short shrift for the gruesome plant men of Barsoom.
The same sort of treatment was given to staff and students except that they usually got shorter shrift.
Short shrift! sharp fate! dark doom to dree! Hard struggle, though quickly ending! At home or abroad, by land or sea, In peace or war, sore trials must be, And worse may happen to you or to me, For none are secure, and none can flee From a destiny impending.
Reforms in the kitchen region, if those deaf old ears could have been induced to give them even a hearing, would have met with short shrift and scornful rejection, and the kitchen region spread over the zone of dairy and market business and half the work of the household.
Roebuck in a Cyclopedia of Biography, recently published in Glasgow, runs as follows:--"Roebuck, John, a physician and experimental chemist, born at Sheffield, 1718; died, after ruining himself by his projects, 1794." Such is the short shrift which the man receives who fails.
Quotes with SHRIFT (3)
If you cannot understand my argument, and declare "It's Greek to me", you are quoting Shakespeare; if you claim to be more sinned against than sinning, you are quoting Shakespeare; if you recall your salad days, you are quoting Shakespeare; if you act more in sorrow than in anger; if your wish is farther to the thought; if your lost property has vanished into thin air, you are quoting Shakespeare; if you have ever refused to budge an inch or suffered from green-eyed jealousy,…
Try not to pay attention to those who will try to make life miserable for you. There will be a lot of those--in the official capacity as well as the self-appointed. Suffer them if you can’t escape them, but once you have steered clear of them, give them the shortest shrift possible. Above all, try to avoid telling stories about the unjust treatment you received at their hands; avoid it no matter how receptive your audience may be. Tales of this sort extend the existence of your antagonists....
AHA!" interrupted Officer Shrift, making another note in his little book. "Just as I thought: boys are the cause of everything.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NYT, Universal, USA TODAY.
Used 13 times in crossword archives (1968–2020).