1. Small in degree, amount, or importance
   "A slight chance of rain";
   - little
    
2. Lacking substance or significance
   "slight evidence";
   - flimsy, fragile, tenuous, thin
    
3. Being of delicate or thin build; gracefully slender
   "watched her slight figure cross the street";
   - slender, slim, svelte

1. A deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval)
   "His refusal to shake hands was seen as a slight";
   - rebuff

1. Pay no attention to, disrespect
   "She slighted her ex-fiancé";
   - cold-shoulder

Sounds like: slows, slight, s

Derived forms: slighted, slighter, 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, James