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Defenition of the word slight

    • Defenition of the word slight

      • having little substance or significance; "a flimsy excuse"; "slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot"
      • give little attention or respect to
      • a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval)
      • being of delicate or slender build; "she was slender as a willow shoot is slender"- Frank Norris; "a slim girl with straight blonde hair"; "watched her slight figure cross the street"
      • almost no or (with "a) at least some; very little; "there's slight chance that it will work"; "there's a slight chance it will work"
      • pay no attention to, disrespect; "She cold-shouldered her ex-fiance"
      • almost no or (with `a'') at least some; very little; "there''s slight chance that it will work"; "there''s a slight chance it will work"
      • pay no attention to, disrespect
      • being of delicate or slender build
      • (quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with `a') at least some
      • lacking substance or significance

    Synonyms for the word slight

      • affront
      • cold-shoulder
      • delicate
      • disregard
      • feeble
      • flimsy
      • ignore
      • insignificant
      • insult
      • minor
      • neglect
      • offend
      • rebuff
      • scorn
      • slender
      • slim
      • slur
      • small
      • smear
      • snub
      • tenuous
      • thin
      • trivial
      • unimportant

    Similar words in the slight

      • lean
      • little
      • little(a)
      • slight
      • slighted
      • slighting
      • slightly
      • slightness
      • slights
      • thin
      • weak

    Hyponyms for the word slight

      • cold shoulder
      • cut
      • silent treatment
      • snub

    Hypernyms for the word slight

      • brush aside
      • brush off
      • discount
      • discourtesy
      • disesteem
      • dismiss
      • disregard
      • disrespect
      • ignore
      • offence
      • offense
      • offensive activity
      • push aside

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