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Noun: slight  slIt
  1. A deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval)
    - rebuff
Verb: slight  slIt
  1. Pay no attention to, disrespect
    "She slighted her ex-fiancé";
    - cold-shoulder
Adjective: slight (slighter,slightest)  slIt
  1. (quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with 'a') at least some
    "there's slight chance that it will work";
    - little
     
  2. Lacking substance or significance
    "slight evidence";
    - flimsy, fragile, tenuous, thin
     
  3. Being of delicate or thin build
    "watched her slight figure cross the street";
    - slender, slim, svelte

Sounds like: slows, slight, s

Derived forms: slighter, slighted, slights, slighting, slightest

See also: insignificant, lean, less, meager [N. Amer], meagre [Brit, Cdn], small [archaic], thin, unimportant

Type of: brush aside, brush off [informal], discount, discourtesy, dismiss, disregard, ignore, offence [Brit, Cdn], offense [US], offensive activity, push aside

Encyclopedia: Slight, John