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Synonyms for slight
Noun
- 1. rebuff, slight, discourtesy, offense, offence, offensive activity
- usage: a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval)
Verb
- 1. slight, cold-shoulder, dismiss, disregard, brush aside, brush off, discount, push aside, ignore
- usage: pay no attention to, disrespect; "She cold-shouldered her ex-fiance"
Adjective
- 1. flimsy, slight, tenuous, thin, weak (vs. strong)
- usage: having little substance or significance; "a flimsy excuse"; "slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot"
- 2. slight, little(prenominal) (vs. much)
- usage: almost no or (with `a') at least some; very little; "there's slight chance that it will work"; "there's a slight chance it will work"
- 3. slender, slight, slim, thin (vs. fat), lean
- usage: being of delicate or slender build; "she was slender as a willow shoot is slender"- Frank Norris; "a slim girl with straight blonde hair"; "watched her slight figure cross the street"
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