Synonyms of curtailed

curtailed 1 of 2

adjective

as in abridged

Related Words

• abridged
• abbreviated
• shortened
• condensed
• syncopated
• cut-back
• brief
• sudden
• short
• shortish
• short-lived
• compact
• fleeting
• little
• transient
• momentary
• abrupt
• transitory
• ephemeral
• summary
• terse
• epigrammatic
• fast
• short-term
• pithy
• succinct
• laconic
• concise
• impermanent
• short-range
• compendious
• crisp

Dissimilar Words

• long
• extended
• lengthy
• far
• great
• endless
• prolonged
• persistent
• interminable
• protracted
• unending
• everlasting
• permanent
• long-drawn-out
• enlarged
• long-lived
• overlong
• longish
• supplemented
• long-term
• expanded
• long-range

curtailed

2 of 2

verb

past tense of curtail

as in shortened

to make less in extent or duration

curtailed the school day because of the stormy weather

Synonyms & Similar Words

• shortened
• reduced
• truncated
• abridged
• abbreviated
• elided
• docked
• cut back
• decreased
• syncopated
• trimmed
• summarized
• constricted
• compressed
• recapitulated
• modified
• diminished
• digested
• encapsulated
• pruned
• pared
• epitomized
• summed up
• abstracted
• lessened
• contracted
• slashed
• cut down
• abated
• dwindled
• cut
• downsized
• moderated
• shrank
• retrenched
• tapered
• lowered
• subtracted (from)
• deflated
• de-escalated

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• extended
• prolonged
• lengthened
• supplemented
• expanded
• protracted
• elongated
• increased
• enlarged
• added
• augmented
• heightened
• amplified
• escalated
• maximized
• boosted
• raised
• dilated
• swelled
• inflated
• ballooned
• distended
• aggrandized
• pumped up
• blew up

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of curtailed

Verb

Against the odds, Coventry won promotion back to the Championship in a season curtailed by the Covid-19 pandemic. — Oliver Kay, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026

And benign inflation readings combined with iffy payrolls and retail-sales data have curtailed market expectations for Fed rate hikes. — Michael Santoli, CNBC, 17 Aug. 2026

Treaties that curtailed the Cold War arms race were only possible because new technologies, like satellites and seismometers, allowed each side to verify the other’s compliance. — Billy Perrigo, Time, 17 Aug. 2026

In other words, the very thing that makes RGB LED TVs capable of showing such wide colors is significantly curtailed for a lot of content. — Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 17 Aug. 2026

Established exporters such as Nigeria and Malaysia also delivered more LNG than expected, and Asian demand adjusted; some utilities switched from gas to coal while some industrial users curtailed consumption altogether. — Jason Bordoff, Foreign Affairs, 14 Aug. 2026

So swimming, a life-enhancing, healthy activity, indoors and especially outdoors in nature, has been vastly curtailed. — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 13 Aug. 2026

Iran’s economy has already taken a significant hit from the war, with much of its industrial capacity destroyed and crude exports severely curtailed by the US blockade. — Magdalena Del Valle, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2026

Several Georgia counties and cities have curtailed data center projects in the face of backlash, including Atlanta. — Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 10 Aug. 2026