Adjective slight has 3 senses
  1. flimsy, slight, tenuous, thin - having little substance or significance; "a flimsy excuse"; "slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot"
    Antonym: strong (indirect, via weak)
  2. slight - 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"
    Antonym:
    much (indirect, via little)
  3. slender, slight, slim - 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"
    Antonym: fat (indirect, via thin)
,Noun slight has 1 sense
  1. rebuff, slight - a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval)
    --1 is a kind of discourtesy, offense, offence, offensive activity
    --1 has particulars: snub, cut, cold shoulder; silent treatment
    Derived form: verb slight1
,Verb slight has 1 sense
  1. slight, cold-shoulder - pay no attention to, disrespect; "She cold-shouldered her ex-fiance"
    --1 is one way to dismiss, disregard, brush aside, brush off, discount, push aside, ignore
    Derived form: noun slight1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
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