Slight (IPA: /ˈsɫaɪt/)
| Slight (n.) |
Sleight. |
| Slight (v. t.) |
To overthrow; to demolish. |
| Slight (v. t.) |
To make even or level. |
| Slight (v. t.) |
To throw heedlessly. |
| Slight (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. |
| Slight (superl.) |
Not stout or heavy; slender. |
| Slight (superl.) |
Foolish; silly; weak in intellect. |
| Slight (v. t.) |
To disregard, as of little value and unworthy of notice; to make light of; as, to slight the divine commands. |
| Slight (n.) |
The act of slighting; the manifestation of a moderate degree of contempt, as by neglect or oversight; neglect; indignity. |
| Slight (adv.) |
Slightly. |
| Slight |
Family name |
| Slight Synonyms |
Weak, Thin, Tenuous, Flimsy |
| Slight Synonyms |
Little |
| Slight Synonyms |
Svelte, Slim, Thin, Lean, Slender |
| Slight Synonyms |
Rebuff |
| Slight Synonyms |
Cold-shoulder |
| Slight (Last Name / Surname) |
Slight is the #51,396 most common last name / surname from the 2010 United States Census. The census reported that 405 people had that surname. |
| Spanish Translation |
Slight in Spanish is Leve |
| Tagalog Translation |
Slight in Tagalog is Maliit |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " Empirical laws [...] have only slight or even no value beyond the limits within which they have been observed to be true." - Vilfredo Pareto |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " Hot from the hands promiscuously applied, Round the slight waist, or down the glowing side." - Dance |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " How slight a chance may raise or sink a soul!" - Chance |
| Example Sentence (Quote) "I always had, deep down, a slight aversion toward the purely cerebral in music." - Aversion |
| Example Sentence (Quote) "I have called this principle, by which each slight variation, if useful, is preserved, by the term of Natural Selection." - Evolution |
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