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slight::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | rebuff |
| Type of | offense, offensive activity, discourtesy, offence |
| Has types | snub, cut, silent treatment, cold shoulder |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | cold-shoulder |
| Type of | dismiss, ignore, push aside, brush aside, discount, brush off, disregard |
slight::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | little |
there's slight chance that it will work.
there's a slight chance it will work.
Examples of slight
slight
If there is a slight pattern to that amazingly disparate list, it's Shakespeare.
From the ocregister.com
Biodegradable and recyclable, they'll survive laundering with a slight pressing.
From the omaha.com
On the palate, the wine has sweet tannins and a slight feel of the forest floor.
From the online.wsj.com
Some landlords have reported a slight uptick in renters moving out to buy homes.
From the online.wsj.com
There's a slight chance for severe weather activity with hail and damaging wind.
From the washingtonpost.com
There are, however, slight gaps between the collapsed seats and the cargo floor.
From the latimes.com
When you factor in the designated hitter, the Rangers have the slight advantage.
From the newsday.com
There is a semantic lag, a slight, postponed understanding throughout The Spire.
From the guardian.co.uk
Only fools dared say anything that could even be remotely construed as a slight.
From the stltoday.com
- Little(a): (quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with `a') at least some; "little rain fell in May"; "gave it little thought"; "little time is left"; "we still have little money"; "a little hope remained"; "there's slight chance that it will ...
- Pay no attention to, disrespect; "She cold-shouldered her ex-fiance"
- Rebuff: a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval)
- Flimsy: lacking substance or significance; "slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot"; a fragile claim to fame"
- Slender: 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"
- (slighting) belittling: tending to diminish or disparage; "belittling comments"; "managed a deprecating smile at the compliment"; "deprecatory remarks about the book"; "a slighting remark"
- (slightly) to a small degree or extent; "his arguments were somewhat self-contradictory"; "the children argued because one slice of cake was slightly larger than the other"
- (slightly) slenderly: in a slim or slender manner; "a slenderly built woman"; "slightly built"
- (slightness) pettiness: the quality of being unimportant and petty or frivolous
