- adjectiveslight (adjective) · slighter (comparative adjective) · slightest (superlative adjective)
- small in degree; inconsiderable:"a slight increase" · "a slight ankle injury" · "the chance of success is very slight"
- (especially of a creative work) not profound or substantial; somewhat trivial or superficial:"a slight plot"
- (of a person or their build) not sturdy and strongly built:"she was slight and delicate-looking"
verbslight (verb) · slights (third person present) · slighted (past tense) · slighted (past participle) · slighting (present participle)- insult (someone) by treating or speaking of them without proper respect or attention:"he was careful not to slight a guest"
- archaicraze or destroy (a fortification):"a Council determined whether the Fort should be kept or slighted"
nounslight (noun) · slights (plural noun)- an insult caused by a failure to show someone proper respect or attention:"an unintended slight can create grudges" · "he was seething at the slight to his authority"
OriginMiddle English; the adjective from Old Norse sléttr ‘smooth’ (an early sense in English), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch slechts ‘merely’ and German schlicht ‘simple’, schlecht ‘bad’; the verb (originally in the sense ‘make smooth or level’), from Old Norse slétta. The sense ‘treat with disrespect’ dates from the late 16th century.Similar and Opposite Wordsadjective- small in degree; inconsiderable:
- (especially of a creative work) not profound or substantial; somewhat trivial or superficial:
- (of a person or their build) not sturdy and strongly built:
verbnoun- an insult caused by a failure to show someone proper respect or attention:
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