All slight synonyms
slight
S s verb slight
- ignore β to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
- funking β cowering fear; state of great fright or terror.
- break one's word β to fail to keep one's promise
- lose sight of β no longer see
- be-little β to regard or portray as less impressive or important than appearances indicate; depreciate; disparage.
- let go β to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- caricaturing β a picture, description, etc., ludicrously exaggerating the peculiarities or defects of persons or things: His caricature of the mayor in this morning's paper is the best he's ever drawn.
- drop the ball β a spherical or approximately spherical body or shape; sphere: He rolled the piece of paper into a ball.
- fail β to fall short of success or achievement in something expected, attempted, desired, or approved: The experiment failed because of poor planning.
- discount β to deduct a certain amount from (a bill, charge, etc.): All bills that are paid promptly will be discounted at two percent.
- despise β If you despise something or someone, you dislike them and have a very low opinion of them.
- dump on β to drop or let fall in a mass; fling down or drop heavily or suddenly: Dump the topsoil here.
- miss out β to fail to hit or strike: to miss a target.
- cold-shoulder β to snub; show indifference to.
- flout β to treat with disdain, scorn, or contempt; scoff at; mock: to flout the rules of propriety.
- laugh off β to express mirth, pleasure, derision, or nervousness with an audible, vocal expulsion of air from the lungs that can range from a loud burst of sound to a series of quiet chuckles and is usually accompanied by characteristic facial and bodily movements.
- have no time for β not tolerate
- affront β If something affronts you, you feel insulted and hurt because of it.
- omit β to leave out; fail to include or mention: to omit a name from a list.
- offend β to irritate, annoy, or anger; cause resentful displeasure in: Even the hint of prejudice offends me.
- go astray β person: deviate from correct or good way
adj slight
- feeble β physically weak, as from age or sickness; frail.
- gossamery β a fine, filmy cobweb seen on grass or bushes or floating in the air in calm weather, especially in autumn.
- fine-grained β being of fine grain or texture, as certain types of wood, leather, etc.
- fragile β brittle
- less β not at all (used before a verb): He little knows what awaits him.
- frail β having delicate health; not robust; weak: My grandfather is rather frail now.
- few and far between β not many but more than one: Few artists live luxuriously.
- insipid β without distinctive, interesting, or stimulating qualities; vapid: an insipid personality.
- lowdown β the real and unadorned facts; the true, secret, or inside information (usually preceded by the): We gave them the lowdown on the new housing project.
- little β small in size; not big; not large; tiny: a little desk in the corner of the room.
- lilliputian β extremely small; tiny; diminutive.
adjective slight
- fracturable β Capable of being fractured.
- mingy β mean and stingy; niggardly.
- imponderous β (obsolete) imponderable.
- weeny β weenie.
- narrow β of little breadth or width; not broad or wide; not as wide as usual or expected: a narrow path.
- forceless β Without force.
noun slight
- goby β any small marine or freshwater fish of the family Gobiidae, often having the pelvic fins united to form a suctorial disk.
- contempt β If you have contempt for someone or something, you have no respect for them or think that they are unimportant.
- littleness β small in size; not big; not large; tiny: a little desk in the corner of the room.
- insult β to treat or speak to insolently or with contemptuous rudeness; affront.
- lack β something missing or needed: After he left, they really felt the lack.
- insufficience β Obsolete form of insufficiency.
- hard times β a period of difficulties or hardship.
- cheap shot β A cheap shot is a comment someone makes which you think is unfair or unkind.
- howlers β Plural form of howler.
- despites β in spite of; notwithstanding.
- boo-boo β A boo-boo is a silly mistake or blunder.