Noun: slight slIt- A deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval)
- rebuff Verb: slight slIt- Pay no attention to, disrespect
"She slighted her ex-fiancé"; - cold-shoulder Adjective: slight (slighter,slightest) slIt- (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 - Lacking substance or significance
"slight evidence"; - flimsy, fragile, tenuous, thin - 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 |