slight

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Synonyms: light, plight, blight, alight, sight, flight, sleight, sligh, spight, slicht, smight

Antonyms: light, plight, blight, alight, sight, flight, sleight, sligh, spight, slicht, smight

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Adjective

1. {{U|minor}}; [[small]] in amount
2. Of [[slender]] build.
3. {{lb|en|regional}} {{U|even}}, [[smooth]] or [[level]].
4. {{lb|en|especially said of the sea}} [[still|Still]]; with little or no movement on the surface.
5. {{lb|en|obsolete}} [[foolish|Foolish]]; [[silly]]; not intellectual.
6. {{lb|en|regional|obsolete}} [[bad|Bad]], of poor quality.
7. {{lb|en|dated}} [[slighting|Slighting]]; treating with [[disdain]].

Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To treat as unimportant or not worthy of attention; to [[make light of]].
2. {{lb|en|transitive}} To give lesser weight or importance to.
3. {{lb|en|transitive}} To treat (someone or something) with [[disdain]] or [[neglect]], usually out of [[prejudice]], [[hatred]], or [[jealousy]]; to ignore disrespectfully; to [[skimp#Etymology_2|skimp]] on one's duties toward.
4. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To act [[negligently]] or [[carelessly]]. {{rfex|en}}
5. {{lb|en|transitive|military|of a fortification}} To render no longer [[defensible]] by full or partial [[demolition]].
6. {{lb|en|obsolete|transitive}} To make [[even]] or [[level]].
7. {{lb|en|transitive}} To throw [[heedlessly]].

Noun

1. The act of ignoring or snubbing; a deliberate act of [[neglect]] or [[discourtesy]].
2. {{lb|en|obsolete}} [[sleight|Sleight]].

Proper noun

1. {{surname|en|from=Middle English}}.

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