slight
[adjective]
Synonyms:
- small, feeble, insignificant, meagre, measly, minor, paltry, scanty, trifling, trivial, unimportant
- slim, delicate, feeble, fragile, lightly-built, small, spare
[verb]
Synonyms:
- snub, affront, disdain, ignore, insult, scorn
[noun]
Synonyms:
- snub, affront, insult, neglect, rebuff, slap in the face (informal), (the) cold shoulder

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Related Words: slightish, slighty, smallish, pint-sized, gossamery, sleazy, skip, contemn, despise, flout, scoff

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English Thesaurus: small, little, low, slight, minor, ...

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I. slight¹ S2 W3 /slaɪt/ adjective (comparative slighter, superlative slightest)
[Word Family: adjective: slight, slightest; verb: slight; noun: slight; adverb: slightly]
[Date: 1300-1400; Origin: Probably from Middle Dutch slicht]

1. [usually before noun] small in degree Antonym : big:
a slight improvement
a slight increase
a slight change of plan
a slight pause
a slight problem

2. not the slightest chance/doubt/difference etc no chance, doubt etc at all:
I didn’t have the slightest idea who that man was.

3. someone who is slight is thin and delicate Antonym : stocky

4. not in the slightest British English spoken not at all:
‘Did he mind lending you the car?’ ‘Not in the slightest.’

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II. slight² verb [transitive]
[Word Family: adjective: slight, slightest; verb: slight; noun: slight; adverb: slightly]
to offend someone by treating them rudely or without respect:
Derek felt slighted when no one phoned him back.
—slight noun [countable]:
She may take it as a slight on her ability as a mother.
a slight to his authority

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slight
adj.
I. very small in degree
VERBS appear, be, seem
ADV. extremely, very | comparatively, fairly, quite, rather, relatively

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slight
II. thin and delicate
VERBS be, look She looked very slight, almost fragile.
ADV. very | physically

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small not large in size, amount, or effect:
a small boat
small businesses
a small amount of money
small changes
little [usually before noun] small – used about objects, places, and living things. Used especially with other adjectives to show how you feel about someone or something:
It’s a very pretty little town.
The poor little dog has hurt its leg.
The cake was decorated with little flowers.
low used about prices, rents, levels, or standards:
People on low incomes are finding it difficult to pay fuel bills.
The crime rate in the area is relatively low.
slight [usually before noun] small and not very important or not very noticeable:
a slight problem
There’s been a slight improvement in his health.
a slight increase in sales
minor small and not important or not serious:
minor injuries
We’ve made some minor changes to the program.
compact small – used about places, buildings etc in which space is used effectively, or about phones, cameras, cars etc which are designed to be much smaller than usual:
The apartments are very compact.
a compact camera
It is a pleasant and compact city.
poky especially British English used about a room, house etc that is too small:
a poky bedroom
a poky flat
cramped used about a space, room, or vehicle that is too small because people do not have enough room to move around:
They all lived together in a cramped apartment.
The car feels cramped with four adults in it.
tiny very small – used about objects, numbers, or amounts:
a tiny island
Dairy foods provide your body with a tiny amount of vitamin D.
teeny informal very small - used for emphasis:
I'll just have a teeny bit of cream.
There's just one teeny little problem.
a teeny little house
minute extremely small and extremely difficult to see or notice:
They found minute traces of poison in his body.
The differences are minute.
minute creatures
miniature a miniature camera, watch, railway etc is made in a very small size. A miniature horse, dog etc is bred to be a very small size:
The spy used a miniature camera.
the fashion for miniature pets
microscopic extremely small and impossible to see without special equipment:
microscopic organisms
microscopic particles of dust
minuscule /ˈmɪnəskjuːl, ˈmɪnɪskjuːl/ extremely small in a surprising way:
She was wearing a minuscule bikini.
The threat from terrorism is minuscule compared to other risks in our lives.
itty-bitty/itsy-bitsy [only before noun] American English informal very small:
An itty-bitty little bug crawled across his forehead.
We stayed at some itty-bitty hotel in a back street.

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thin having little fat on your body:
a tall, thin man
slim thin in an attractive way:
her slim figure
a slim woman in her fifties
Magazines are always full of advice about how to stay slim.
slender written thin in an attractive and graceful way – used especially about parts of the body, and used especially about women:
her long, slender legs
She is slender, with very fair hair.
lean thin and looking healthy and fit:
his lean body
He was lean and looked like a runner.
skinny very thin in a way that is not attractive:
a skinny teenager
Your arms are so skinny!
slight written thin and delicate:
a small, slight girl with big eyes
scrawny /ˈskrɔːni $ ˈskrɒː-/ very thin, small, and weak-looking:
a scrawny kid in blue jeans
underweight below the usual weight for someone of your height, and therefore too thin:
He had no appetite and remained underweight.
gaunt /ɡɔːnt $ ɡɒːnt/ written very thin and pale, especially because of illness or continued worry:
He looked gaunt and had not shaved for days.
emaciated /ɪˈmeɪʃieɪtəd, ɪˈmeɪʃieɪtɪd, -si-/ written extremely thin and weak, because you are ill or not getting enough to eat:
The tents were filled with emaciated refugees.
skeletal written used about someone who is so thin that you can see the shape of their bones:
The soldiers were shocked by the skeletal figures of the camp’s prisoners.
anorexic used about someone who is extremely thin because they have a mental illness that makes them stop eating:
Her daughter is anorexic.
anorexic teenagers
paper-thin/wafer-thin extremely thin, like paper:
The walls of the apartment were paper-thin.
wafer-thin slices of pastry
The petals are paper-thin.

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