Slight

Word SLIGHT
Character 6
Hyphenation slight
Pronunciations [sl̥l͡ɐɪʔ̚]

Definitions and meanings of "Slight"

What do we mean by slight?

Small in size, degree, or amount. adjective

Lacking strength, substance, or solidity; frail. adjective

Of small importance or consideration; trifling. adjective

Small and slender in build or construction; delicate. adjective

To treat (someone) with discourteous reserve or inattention. transitive verb

To treat as of small importance; make light of. transitive verb

To do negligently or thoughtlessly; scant. transitive verb

A deliberate discourtesy; a snub. noun

An obsolete form of sly.

To make plain or smooth; smooth: as, to slight linen (to iron it).

To make level; demolish; overthrow.

To throw; cast.

To treat as of little value, or as unworthy of notice; disregard intentionally; treat with intentional neglect or disrespect; make little of.

Synonyms Disregard, etc. See neglect, v. t.

An act of intentional neglect shown toward one who expects some notice or courtesy; failure to notice one; a deliberate ignoring or disregard of a person, out of displeasure or contempt. noun

Intentional neglect; disrespect. noun

Synonyms Disrespect. See the verb. noun

A more correct, but obsolete spelling of sleight. noun

A contraction of by this light or God's light.

Plain; smooth (in a physical sense).

The act of slighting; a deliberate act of neglect or discourtesy.

Sleight.

To compliment females good looks Urban Dictionary

The lightheadedness you experience when you are under the influence of any drug such as alcohol, weed or any other recreational drug. Urban Dictionary

Broward/ miami slang for saying “kind of” or “a little/ a little bit ” Urban Dictionary

South of the border, mexican, illegal alien Urban Dictionary

A shorter word for the sunlight Urban Dictionary

To say that something is easy; shorter version of "slight work" Urban Dictionary

As in cool or wasn’t that bad Urban Dictionary

V. To slight someone; To not give someone what they deserve; to take something away unfairly Urban Dictionary

A synonym for "burned" or "dissed". It follows a good diss and is accompanied by a slanted hand motion ( // ). Urban Dictionary

To be fooled or wronged by a sow. Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Slight

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The word "slight" in example sentences

Your expression, "and tends to depart in a slight degree," I think hardly grammatical; a _tendency_ to depart cannot very well be said to be in a slight degree; a _departure_ can, but a tendency must be either a _slight tendency_ or a _strong tendency_; the degree to which the departure may reach must depend on favourable or unfavourable causes in addition to the tendency itself. ❋ James Marchant (N/A)

"In Greece there is two options, pain or default, or what I call a slight combination of the two, pain and restructuring with external support from your European partners and your friends in Washington," Buiter said. ❋ Unknown (2010)

They're reporting what they call slight but significant movement in his right arm and leg. ❋ Unknown (2006)

They had recommended to the Government what they termed the slight punishment of disqualification, by Act of Parliament, from engaging in civil service; but the Ministry and their supporters determined on the summary proceeding of prosecutions under existing law for treason, thinking that few cases would be necessary, -- and all agreed that these should be selected from Boston. ❋ Various (N/A)

Whilst here Cook was for a time confined to his cabin by what he describes as a slight cold, but Mr. Forster says was a severe attack of rheumatism. ❋ Kitson, Arthur (1907)

Emphasis on the word slight." 13jm3211 on Twitter: "Eight of 11 in the QPR starting line up are this summer's transfers. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Morelon said that it had to move away from using raw milk in its cheeses due to what he called a slight, but nonetheless real, danger of pathogenic micro organisms in the cheese that had been linked to an alleged 2005 contamination of E coli 026. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Conan O'Brien is back at work on the Tonight Show and joking about a stunt accident that gave him what he called a slight concussion. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The comment suggests that the definition of "slight" is ambiguous. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Huguenot and spy, the term slight does not very aptly describe them. " ❋ Unknown (1867)

“Countries like France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Ukraine and the UK were all essentially flat or even in slight decline,” Telegeography says. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Obama's campaigning comes as Boxer and Brown maintain slight, if statistically insignificant, leads over their respective Republican opponents, Carly Fiorina and Meg Whitman. ❋ Philip Rucker (2010)

If political donors stopped depositing into the Bank of Outrage after every perceived slight from the other side, these petty fights would soon fade into moral and political bankruptcy. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Throbert McGee: Note that the second sentence in section (a) of Article 125 says “Penetration, however slight, is sufficient to complete the offense.” ❋ Unknown (2010)

Penetration, however slight, is sufficient to complete the offense. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Dr Rebekah Delsol of the Open Society Justice Initiative said that even factoring in slight differences in methodology and data gathering, the international comparison revealed "staggeringly high" levels of what she claimed was racial profiling among British police using Section 60. ❋ Mark Townsend (2010)

The only slight is the cost-extra navigation system, which is a drag. ❋ Dan Neil (2010)

“[Aye] you see [shorty] over there?” “[Ya bro] she slight ❋ Be Smooth (2019)

Let me [tell you what] man, I'm [feeling] pretty slight [right now]! ❋ Panther99 (2011)

“did you really [think] that [about me]?” “slight 😬” or “that’s [how you feel]” “slight ❋ Browardowrda (2019)

slight [shut up] [steven] [pwns] you ❋ Steven (2003)

Go into slight. Didn't you [bore] to [stay in] [constantly]? ❋ Andrius M. (2008)

"That [geography test] was [slight] bro. It only took [five minutes]" ❋ Uncle_sam_1776 (2017)

That [test] we [took] was [slight]. ❋ Cdubb01 (2018)

My [boss] [slighted] me today and took away [my raise] that i deserved. ❋ Oashyasudfgheu (2006)

Bob: Hey, [Marly]...[suck a bag of dicks]! [Jackie]: You just got slighted! ( // <-- hand motion ) ❋ The Jack Attack (2008)

I [liked] that [sow] a lot but she [fucking] slighted me. ❋ Tim (2004)

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