'Curtailed' definitions:
Definition of 'Curtailed'
From: GCIDE
- Curtail \Cur*tail"\ (k[u^]r*t[=a]l"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Curtailed (-t[=a]ld"); p. pr. & vb. n. Curtailing.] [See Curtal.] To cut off the end or tail, or any part, of; to shorten; to abridge; to diminish; to reduce. [1913 Webster]
- I, that am curtailed of this fair proportion. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Our incomes have been curtailed; his salary has been doubled. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'curtailed'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abated,
- abbreviated,
- ablated,
- abridged,
- abstracted,
- attenuated,
- bated,
- belittled,
- bobbed,
- capsule,
- capsulized,
- clipped,
- compressed,
- condensed,
- consumed,
- contracted,
- cropped,
- cut short,
- decreased,
- deflated,
- digested,
- diminished,
- dissipated,
- docked,
- dropped,
- elided,
- elliptic,
- eroded,
- fallen,
- less,
- lesser,
- lower,
- lowered,
- miniaturized,
- mowed,
- mown,
- nipped,
- pollard,
- polled,
- pruned,
- reaped,
- reduced,
- retrenched,
- scaled-down,
- shaved,
- sheared,
- shorn,
- short-cut,
- shortened,
- shorter,
- shrunk,
- shrunken,
- smaller,
- snub,
- snubbed,
- trimmed,
- watered-down,
- weakened,
- worn