Definitions for slight

Definitions for (noun) slight

Main entry: rebuff, slight

Definition: a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval)


Definitions for (verb) slight

Main entry: slight, cold-shoulder

Definition: pay no attention to, disrespect

Usage: She cold-shouldered her ex-fiance


Definitions for (adj) slight

Main entry: slender, slight, slim, svelte

Definition: being of delicate or slender build

Usage: she was slender as a willow shoot is slender- Frank Norris; a slim girl with straight blonde hair; watched her slight figure cross the street


Main entry: slight, little

Definition: (quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with `a') at least some

Usage: little rain fell in May; gave it little thought; little time is left; we still have little money; a little hope remained; there's slight chance that it will work; there's a slight chance it will work


Main entry: tenuous, thin, fragile, flimsy, slight

Definition: lacking substance or significance

Usage: slight evidence; a tenuous argument; a thin plot; a fragile claim to fame


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