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- [slahyt]
- /slaɪt/
- /slaɪt/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [slahyt]
- /slaɪt/
Definitions of slight word
- adjective slight small in amount, degree, etc.: a slight increase; a slight odor. 1
- adjective slight of little importance, influence, etc.; trivial: a slight cut. 1
- adjective slight slender or slim; not heavily built. 1
- adjective slight frail; flimsy; delicate: a slight fabric. 1
- adjective slight of little substance or strength. 1
- verb with object slight to treat as of little importance. 1
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Origin of slight
First appearance:
before 1250 One of the 11% oldest English words
1250-1300; Middle English (adj.) smooth, sleek, slender; compare Old English -sliht- in eorth-slihtes even with ground; cognate with German schlicht, Old Norse slēttr, Gothic slaihts smooth
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Slight
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
slight popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 97% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
slight usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for slight
verb slight
- affront — If something affronts you, you feel insulted and hurt because of it.
- be-little — to regard or portray as less impressive or important than appearances indicate; depreciate; disparage.
- beat off — to drive back; repel
- blink — When you blink or when you blink your eyes, you shut your eyes and very quickly open them again.
- blistered — a thin vesicle on the skin, containing watery matter or serum, as from a burn or other injury.
adj slight
- beanstalk — the stem of a bean plant
- benign — You use benign to describe someone who is kind, gentle, and harmless.
- bitsy — very small
- bitty — If you say that something is bitty, you mean that it seems to be formed from a lot of different parts which you think do not fit together or go together well.
- busher — a low plant with many branches that arise from or near the ground.
noun slight
- boo-boo — A boo-boo is a silly mistake or blunder.
- booboos — a stupid or silly mistake; blunder.
- brickbat — Brickbats are very critical or insulting remarks which are made in public about someone or something.
- brush-off — a refusal to talk or listen to someone; abrupt or final dismissal or rebuff.
- cheap shot — A cheap shot is a comment someone makes which you think is unfair or unkind.
adjective slight
- attenuate — To attenuate something means to reduce it or weaken it.
- cincher — Something that cinches as in holds and fastens, such as a belt or corset.
- depthless — immeasurably deep; fathomless
- elfin — (with reference to a person) small and delicate, typically with an attractively mischievous or strange charm.
- exculpatory — Excusing or clearing of any wrongdoing.
Antonyms for slight
verb slight
- accost — If someone accosts another person, especially a stranger, they stop them or go up to them and speak to them in a way that seems rude or threatening.
- acknowledge — If you acknowledge a fact or a situation, you accept or admit that it is true or that it exists.
- address — Your address is the number of the house, flat, or apartment and the name of the street and the town where you live or work.
- barraging — Military. a heavy barrier of artillery fire to protect one's own advancing or retreating troops or to stop the advance of enemy troops.
- be-held — simple past tense and past participle of behold.
adj slight
- across the board — If a policy or a situation applies across the board, it affects everything or everyone in a particular group.
- all-encompassing — all-embracing.
- barn door — an adjustable flap over the front of a studio or theatre lamp
- beefcake — Attractive men with large muscles can be referred to as beefcake.
- beefy — Someone, especially a man, who is beefy has a big body and large muscles.
noun slight
- brawn — Brawn is physical strength.
- contemplation — thoughtful or long consideration or observation
- impulsion — the act of impelling, driving onward, or pushing.
- necessitation — to make necessary or unavoidable: The breakdown of the car necessitated a change in our plans.
adjective slight
- acroamatic — relating to oral communication
- bad — If you say that it is bad that something happens, you mean it is unacceptable, unfortunate, or wrong.
- clabbered — Simple past tense and past participle of clabber.
- curdled — Containing curds.
- egregious — Outstandingly bad; shocking.
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