be short

VERB

need

Synonyms

STRONGEST

call for demand desire lack require

STRONG

claim covet crave exact hanker hunger long lust miss necessitate pine thirst wish yearn

WEAK

be deficient be deprived be down and out be hard up be in need of be in want be inadequate be needy be poor be without die for do without drive for feel a dearth of feel the necessity for feel the pinch go hungry have occasion for have occasion to have use for hurt for suffer privation yen for

Antonyms

STRONGEST

have not want

STRONG

abjure despise dislike give hate

WEAK

do not want

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be short

“Should be short term,” Roberts said of Stewart’s IL stay.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026

So while the sprint to replace Platner will be short, it promises to be plenty intense.

From Slate ● Jul. 16, 2026

All of those potential stock reactions are likely to be short lived though, and if the overall market and semiconductors sell off due to the export restrictions, both pullbacks would be a “buying opportunity.”

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 15, 2026

Wyatt-Hodge was supposed to be short of form coming into this tournament.

From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026

The stories would be short journeys from the mythical point of my mind to some wildly satisfying and morally logical end.

From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers

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