Definition: a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval)
Similar words: discourtesy, offence, offense, offensive activity
Definition: a lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings or others
Synonyms: slight, cold-shoulder
Definition: pay no attention to, disrespect
Usage: She cold-shouldered her ex-fiance
Similar words: brush aside, brush off, ignore, push aside, discount, dismiss, disregard
Definition: bar from attention or consideration
Usage: She dismissed his advances
Synonyms: 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
Definition: lacking excess flesh
Usage: you can't be too rich or too thin; Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look-Shakespeare
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
Similar words: small
Definition: slight or limited; especially in degree or intensity or scope
Usage: a series of death struggles with small time in between
Synonyms: tenuous, thin, fragile, flimsy, slight
Definition: lacking substance or significance
Usage: slight evidence; a tenuous argument; a thin plot; a fragile claim to fame
Similar words: insignificant, unimportant
Definition: devoid of importance, meaning, or force