adjective, noun, verb
adjective (slighter, slightest)
1 very small in degree:
a slight increase / change / delay / difference * I woke up with a slight headache. * The damage was slight. * She takes offence at the slightest thing (= is very easily offended). * There was not the slightest hint of trouble. * He is, without the slightest doubt, the greatest living novelist. * He never had the slightest intention of agreeing to it. * The picture was at a slight angle. * A slight breeze was blowing.
2 small and thin in size:
a slight figure / man * He was of slight build. * She was smaller and slighter than I had imagined.
3 (formal) not deserving serious attention:
This is a very slight novel.
IDIOMS
not in the slightest not at all:
He didn't seem to mind in the slightest. * I'm not in the slightest bit interested.
noun ~ (on sb/sth) an act or a remark that criticizes sth or offends sb:
Nick took her comment as a slight on his abilities as a manager.
verb [VN] [usuallypassive] to treat sb rudely or without respect; to insult sb:
She felt slighted because she hadn't been invited.
slighting adjective [onlybeforenoun]:
slighting remarks / references
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for slight is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does slight appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — slight appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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