| slight | (adjective) (quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with `a') at least some | Synonyms: little |
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| (adjective) lacking substance or significance | Synonyms: flimsy, fragile, tenuous, thin |
| (adjective) being of delicate or slender build | Synonyms: slender, slim, svelte |
| (noun) a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval) | Synonyms: rebuff |
| (verb) pay no attention to, disrespect | Synonyms: cold-shoulder |
| slighting | (adjective) tending to diminish or disparage | Synonyms: belittling, deprecating, deprecative, deprecatory, depreciative, depreciatory |
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| slightingly | (adverb) in a disparaging manner | Synonyms: disparagingly |
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| slightly | (adverb) to a small degree or extent | Synonyms: more or less, somewhat |
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| (adverb) in a slim or slender manner | Synonyms: slenderly, slimly |
| slightness | (noun) slenderness | Synonyms: delicacy |
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| (noun) the property of an attractively thin person | Synonyms: slenderness, slimness |
| (noun) the quality of being unimportant and petty or frivolous | Synonyms: pettiness, puniness, triviality |