Slight - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |slaɪt|  American pronunciation of the word slight
Brit.  |slaɪt|  British pronunciation of the word slight

noun

- a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval) (syn: rebuff)

verb

- pay no attention to, disrespect (syn: cold-shoulder)

adjective

- lacking substance or significance (syn: flimsy, fragile, tenuous, thin)
slight evidence
- being of delicate or slender build (syn: slender, slim, svelte)
watched her slight figure cross the street

Extra examples

There is a slight chance of rain.

Her head is tilted at a slight angle in the picture.

If you have even the slightest doubt, then don't do it.

...refused to respond to their petty slights...

He has a slight cold.

Derek felt slighted when no one phoned him back.

She may take it as a slight on her ability as a mother.

We've had to make a slight change in the schedule.

I'm sure he didn't mean to slight you.

The dog's tail has a slight curve.

She has a slight hearing deficit in her left ear.

She made some slight adjustments to the recipe.

...he tends to stand around and beef for hours about any slight, real or imagined...

Fish are able to detect even slight disturbances in the water.

There was a slight arch to her eyebrows.

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: slight
he/she/it: slights
present participle: slighting
past tense: slighted
past participle: slighted
noun
singular: slight
plural: slights
adjective
comparative: slighter
superlative: slightest
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