Slight
[slaɪt]
Definition
(verb.) pay no attention to, disrespect; 'She cold-shouldered her ex-fiance'.
Checked by Amy--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Sleight.
(v. t.) To overthrow; to demolish.
(v. t.) To make even or level.
(v. t.) To throw heedlessly.
(superl.) Not decidedly marked; not forcible; inconsiderable; unimportant; insignificant; not severe; weak; gentle; -- applied in a great variety of circumstances; as, a slight (i. e., feeble) effort; a slight (i. e., perishable) structure; a slight (i. e., not deep) impression; a slight (i. e., not convincing) argument; a slight (i. e., not thorough) examination; slight (i. e., not severe) pain, and the like.
(superl.) Not stout or heavy; slender.
(superl.) Foolish; silly; weak in intellect.
(v. t.) To disregard, as of little value and unworthy of notice; to make light of; as, to slight the divine commands.
(n.) The act of slighting; the manifestation of a moderate degree of contempt, as by neglect or oversight; neglect; indignity.
(adv.) Slightly.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Small, little, trifling, inconsiderable, trivial, petty, paltry, insignificant, unimportant, of little account.[2]. Weak, frail, feeble, fragile, flimsy, slender.[3]. Cursory, hasty, hurried, desultory, superficial, scanty.
n. Neglect, disregard, inattention, disrespect, contempt, scorn, disdain, indignity.
v. a. Neglect, disregard, disdain, contempt, despise, scout, scorn, give a cold shoulder to, turn a cold shoulder on.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Disregard, disdain, acorn, overlook, disparage
ANT:Regard, respect, notice, observe
SYN:Neglect, contempt, scorn, disregard
ANT:Respect, regard, honor,[See SLENDER],[See {[811in]?}]
Edited by Cheryl
Definition
adj. weak: slender: of little value: trifling: small: negligent: not decided superficial cursory: slighting disdainful.—v.t. to disregard as of little value: to neglect: (obs.) to demolish smooth.—n. neglect: disregard an act of discourtesy.—advs. Slight′ingly; Slight′ly.—n. Slight′ness.
n. (Spens.) sleight device trick.
Editor: Margie
Examples
- Then she said, with a slight touch of irritation: I don't care to accept a portrait from Paul Morpeth. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Selden, with a slight laugh, sat down beside her on the little sofa which projected from the hearth. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- A slight snore was the only reply: the honest stockbroker was asleep, and so the rest of Joseph's story was lost for that day. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- And I couldn't bear to slight him, because he was a little altered--could I, Jip? Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Even the experimental work imposes no slight burden on it. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The operator had worked so mechanically that he had handled the news without the slightest knowledge of its significance. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I took off my silk gown to begin with, because the slightest noise from it on that still night might have betrayed me. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- It was amazing through how many hours at a time she would remain beside him, in a crouching attitude, attentive to his slightest moan. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I am not under the slightest obligation to go to India, especially with strangers. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Left the house early this morning, without the slightest previous communication with me,' replied Mr. Pickwick. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Many men have been hanged on far slighter evidence, I remarked. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Her father often did the same thing; but his frame was slighter, and when he was weary, Eva would say to him, O, papa, let Tom take me. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Almost certainly that ancestor was a smaller and slighter creature than its human descendants. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It would be needless to narrate those disastrous occurrences, for which a parallel might be found in any slighter visitation of our gigantic calamity. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Yours have been of a much slighter kind, spread over a much shorter time. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Shirley can feel when she is slighted and shunned. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Sir Percival merely answered by upbraiding his friend with having unjustifiably slighted his wishes and neglected his interests all through the day. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- You will always feel that I slighted your mother's memory. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- I have been slighted, and taught nothing, and thrown upon myself, and put to work not fit for me. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- She was slighted like and had no say in anything, but it never really became bad for her until after she met Mr. Fowler at a friend's house. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Yet I do feel irritated against Lady Berwick I confess it: but it is for her slights, or what I fancy was her neglect of my dear departed mother. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Some complain of the slights which are put upon them by relations, and they will tell you sadly of how many evils their old age is the cause. Plato. The Republic.
- Never use a slighting expression to her, even in jest; for slights in jest, after frequent bandyings, are apt to end in angry earnest. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Rawdon at first felt very acutely the slights which were passed upon his wife, and was inclined to be gloomy and savage. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- You would have better reasons than these for slighting so respectable a class of men, said Mrs. Farebrother, majestically. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- I make this little preface, because you once mentioned the young lady to me in slighting terms. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Never use a slighting expression to her, even in jest; for slights in jest, after frequent bandyings, are apt to end in angry earnest. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- And very handsome ones they are, too, cried Jo, who resented any slighting remarks about her friend. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- The defect of the Herbartian theory of formation through presentations consists in slighting this constant interaction and change. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
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