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- [slahyt]
- /slaɪt/
- /slaɪt/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [slahyt]
- /slaɪt/
Definitions of slights word
- adjective slights small in amount, degree, etc.: a slight increase; a slight odor. 1
- adjective slights of little importance, influence, etc.; trivial: a slight cut. 1
- adjective slights slender or slim; not heavily built. 1
- adjective slights frail; flimsy; delicate: a slight fabric. 1
- adjective slights of little substance or strength. 1
- verb with object slights to treat as of little importance. 1
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Origin of slights
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 Slights
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
slights 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.
According to our data about 60% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.
slights usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for slights
noun slights
- affronts — Plural form of affront.
- aspersions — disparaging or malicious remarks; slanderous accusations
- defaults — Plural form of default.
- gobies — any small marine or freshwater fish of the family Gobiidae, often having the pelvic fins united to form a suctorial disk.
- indignities — an injury to a person's dignity; slighting or contemptuous treatment; humiliating affront, insult, or injury.
adjective slights
- beanstalks — Plural form of beanstalk.
- faints — a temporary loss of consciousness resulting from a decreased flow of blood to the brain; a swoon: to fall into a faint.
- featherweights — Plural form of featherweight.
- fines — Plural form of fine.
- hairlines — Plural form of hairline.
Antonyms for slights
verb slights
adjective slights
- embonpoints — Plural form of embonpoint.
- fats — Antoine ("Fats") born 1928, U.S. rhythm-and-blues pianist, singer, and composer.
- greats — unusually or comparatively large in size or dimensions: A great fire destroyed nearly half the city.
- heavies — Plural form of heavy.
- irons — Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C. Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
noun slights
- impulsions — Plural form of impulsion.
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