slight
//slaɪt//
Forms
- Comparative
- slighter
- Superlative
- slightest
- Plural
- slights
- present (v1)
- slight
- past (v2)
- slighted
- past participle (v3)
- slighted
- present participle
- slighting
- 3rd person singular
- slights
Definitions
1.Minor; small in amount
- Slight is the subject, but not so the praise.
- Some firmly embrace doctrines upon slight grounds.
2.Of slender build.
- But now, ten years later, after his recent shipwreck, he cannot compete as a runner, though he can outthrow the slighter Phaeacians with the heaviest discus.
3.Still; with little or no movement on the surface.
1.To treat as unimportant or not worthy of attention; to make light of.
2.To give lesser weight or importance to.
- Incontiguously (accent on tig; the rest of the syllables slighted) means in an incontiguous manner.
3.To treat (someone or something) with disdain or neglect, usually out of prejudice, hatred, or jealousy; to ignore disrespectfully; to skimp on one's duties toward.
4.To act negligently or carelessly.
1.The act of ignoring or snubbing; a deliberate act of neglect or discourtesy.
- Never use a slighting expression to her, even in jest; for slights in jest, after frequent bandyings, are apt to end in angry earnest.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #3240
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Word family
Etymology
From Middle English slight (“bad, of poor quality, unimportant, trivial, slender, slim, smooth, level”), from Old English sliht (“smooth, level”), from Proto-Germanic *slihtaz (“slippery, flat, level, plain”), related to English slick.