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- [slahyt]
- /slaɪt/
- /slaɪt/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [slahyt]
- /slaɪt/
Definitions of slighted word
- adjective slighted small in amount, degree, etc.: a slight increase; a slight odor. 1
- adjective slighted of little importance, influence, etc.; trivial: a slight cut. 1
- adjective slighted slender or slim; not heavily built. 1
- adjective slighted frail; flimsy; delicate: a slight fabric. 1
- adjective slighted of little substance or strength. 1
- verb with object slighted to treat as of little importance. 1
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Origin of slighted
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
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Parts of speech for Slighted
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
slighted 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.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for slighted
adj slighted
- insulted — to treat or speak to insolently or with contemptuous rudeness; affront.
adjective slighted
- affronted — experiencing an insult
- disregarded — to pay no attention to; leave out of consideration; ignore: Disregard the footnotes.
- fainted — lacking brightness, vividness, clearness, loudness, strength, etc.: a faint light; a faint color; a faint sound.
- fined — of superior or best quality; of high or highest grade: fine wine.
- gentled — Simple past tense and past participle of gentle.
verb slighted
- badmouthed — Simple past tense and past participle of badmouth.
- defied — to challenge the power of; resist boldly or openly: to defy parental authority.
- disobliged — to refuse or neglect to oblige; act contrary to the desire or convenience of; fail to accommodate.
- dispraised — Simple past tense and past participle of dispraise.
- forgot — a simple past tense and past participle of forget.
noun slighted
- defaulted — failure to act; inaction or neglect: They lost their best client by sheer default.
- misprinted — Simple past tense and past participle of misprint.
- mistook — simple past tense of mistake.
Antonyms for slighted
verb slighted
- accosted — (of animals) represented as side by side: two dolphins accosted.
- acknowledged — recognized as being true or existing
- addressed — a speech or written statement, usually formal, directed to a particular group of persons: the president's address on the state of the economy.
- catenated — Connected in a chain or series.
- followed — to come after in sequence, order of time, etc.: The speech follows the dinner.
adjective slighted
- fatted — having too much flabby tissue; corpulent; obese: a fat person.
- grossed — without deductions; total, as the amount of sales, salary, profit, etc., before taking deductions for expenses, taxes, or the like (opposed to net2. ): gross earnings; gross sales.
- ironed — Simple past tense and past participle of iron.
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