slight
Part of speech: adj
verb
noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: government
military
politics
war
Etymology: From Middle English slight (“bad, of poor quality, unimportant, trivial, slender, slim, smooth, level”), from Old English sliht (“smooth, level”), from Proto-Germanic *slihtaz (“slippery, flat, level, plain”), related to English slick. Cognate with Scots slicht (“bad, of poor quality”), West Frisian sljocht (“smooth, level, plain, simple”), Dutch slecht (“bad”), Low German slecht (“bad”), German schlecht (“bad”) and schlicht (“plain, artless, natural”), Danish slet (“bad, evil, poor, nasty, wrong”), Swedish slät (“smooth”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk slett (“even”), Icelandic sléttur (“even, smooth, level”).
Inflected forms:
form: slighter
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: slightest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: slights
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: slighting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: slighted
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: slighted
pos: verb
tags: past
form: slights
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Minor; small in amount
pos: adj
examples: give it a slight kick
a slight hint of cinnamon
a slight effort
a slight (i.e. not convincing) argument
Mother very rightly resented the slightest hint of condescension. She considered that the exclusiveness of Peter's circle was due not to its distinction, but to the fact that it was an inner Babylon of prodigality and whoredom,[…].
Even though there is slight quality variation between the long and short versions of Arabic vowels, the variation is rarely noticeable even by some phoneticians; hence, it does not amount to a source of even phonetic accent except for those learners of Arabic whose language has a strictly centrifugal vowel system such as Spanish, Italian, Tagalog, among others.
gloss: Minor; small in amount
pos: adj
examples: make a slight examination
gloss: Minor; small in amount
pos: adj
examples: we made a slight mistake
a slight pain
Some firmly embrace doctrines upon slight grounds.
Slight is the subject, but not so the praise.
gloss: Minor; small in amount
pos: adj
tags: archaic
rare
examples: in the slight future
gloss: Of slender build.
pos: adj
examples: a slight but graceful woman
his own figure, which was formerly so slight
But now, ten years later, after his recent shipwreck, he cannot compete as a runner, though he can outthrow the slighter Phaeacians with the heaviest discus.
gloss: Even, smooth or level.
pos: adj
tags: regional
examples: A slight stone
gloss: Still; with little or no movement on the surface.
pos: adj
tags: especially
examples: The sea was slight and calm
gloss: Foolish; silly; not intellectual.
pos: adj
tags: obsolete
examples: But no beast ever was so slight,
For man, as for his god, to fight;
They have more wit, alas! and know
Themselves and us better than so.
gloss: Bad, of poor quality.
pos: adj
tags: obsolete
regional
examples: 1889 (first published), George Washington, Writings
we frequently have slight Goods and sometimes old and unsaleable Articles
gloss: Slighting; treating with disdain.
pos: adj
tags: dated
examples: This slight way of treating both his book and his ancestors nettled little Puddock – who never himself took a liberty, and expected similar treatment – but he knew Sturk, the nature of the beast, and he only bowed grandly […]
gloss: To treat as unimportant or not worthy of attention; to make light of.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: the wretch who slights the bounty of the skies
gloss: To give lesser weight or importance to.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Incontiguously (accent on tig; the rest of the syllables slighted) means in an incontiguous manner.
gloss: To treat (someone or something) with disdain or neglect, usually out of prejudice, hatred, or jealousy; to ignore disrespectfully; to skimp on one's duties toward.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Though true of heart, she was somewhat of a coquette in manner; and I was jealous as a Turk. She slighted me in a thousand ways, yet would never acknowledge herself to be in the wrong. She would drive me mad with anger, and then force me to beg her pardon.
gloss: To act negligently or carelessly.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
gloss: To render no longer defensible by full or partial demolition.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: When the parliament had finished the war , they reduced and slighted most of the inland garrison
gloss: To make even or level.
pos: verb
tags: obsolete
transitive
examples: After your ground is sowne and harrowed, you shall then clotte it, sleight it, and smooth it.
gloss: To throw heedlessly.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The rogue slighted me into the river.
gloss: The act of ignoring or snubbing; a deliberate act of neglect or discourtesy.
pos: noun
examples: Never use a slighting expression to her, even in jest; for slights in jest, after frequent bandyings, are apt to end in angry earnest.
But you, you're not allowed
 You're uninvited
 An unfortunate slight
gloss: Sleight.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
examples: For till that stownd could never wight him harme,
By subtilty, nor slight, nor might, nor mighty charme.
Derived words: overslight
slighten
slightful
slighting
slightish
slightly
slightness
slightingly
put a slight on
put a slight upon
slightsome
Translations:
lang: Arabic
word: طَفِيف
roman: ṭafīf
lang: Bulgarian
word: малък
roman: malǎk
lang: Bulgarian
word: незначителен
roman: neznačitelen
lang: Catalan
word: feble
lang: Catalan
word: dèbil
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 輕微的 /轻微的
roman: qīngwēi de
lang: Czech
word: nepatrný
lang: Czech
word: drobný
lang: Czech
word: maličký
lang: Dutch
word: onbeduidend
lang: Esperanto
word: eta
lang: Finnish
word: vähäinen
lang: Finnish
word: heikko
lang: Finnish
word: pieni
lang: Finnish
word: pintapuolinen
lang: Finnish
word: lievä
lang: Finnish
word: välitön
lang: Finnish
word: hienoinen
lang: Finnish
word: vieno
lang: French
word: insignifiant
lang: French
word: léger
lang: German
word: geringfügig
lang: German
word: leicht
lang: German
word: gering
lang: German
word: unbedeutend
lang: German
word: wenig
lang: German
word: schlank
lang: German
word: schwach
lang: German
word: klein
lang: German
word: unerheblich
lang: German
word: unwichtig
lang: Hindi
word: थोड़ा
roman: thoṛā
lang: Hungarian
word: csekély
lang: Hungarian
word: jelentéktelen
lang: Hungarian
word: kevés
lang: Hungarian
word: kevéske
lang: Italian
word: insignificante
lang: Italian
word: leggero
lang: Italian
word: debole
lang: Italian
word: lieve
lang: Japanese
word: 僅な
roman: wazuka na
lang: Japanese
word: 些細な
roman: sasai na
lang: Japanese
word: 軽微な
roman: keibi na
lang: Japanese
word: 末梢的な
roman: masshōteki na
lang: Japanese
word: つまらない
roman: tsumaranai
lang: Korean
word: 약간의
roman: yakgan-ui
lang: Latin
word: sublestus
lang: Polish
word: drobny
lang: Polish
word: mały
lang: Portuguese
word: insignificante
lang: Portuguese
word: ligeiro
lang: Portuguese
word: leve
lang: Russian
word: незначи́тельный
roman: neznačítelʹnyj
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: бе̏знача̄јан
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: bȅznačājan
lang: Spanish
word: insignificante
lang: Spanish
word: leve
lang: Spanish
word: ligero
lang: Spanish
word: lene
lang: Spanish
word: lieve
lang: Swedish
word: obetydlig
lang: Ukrainian
word: незначний
roman: neznačnyj
lang: Ukrainian
word: легкий
roman: lehkyj
lang: Ukrainian
word: слабкий
roman: slabkyj