slight
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Is slight a Scrabble word?
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Definition
adj (English)
1. Minor; small in amountExamples: "in the slight future"Synonyms: ignorable, meaningless, negligible, tiny, base, contemptible, foolish, for the birdsarchaicrare
2. (regional) Even, smooth or level.Examples: "A slight stone"Synonyms: flat, glassy, slick, downy, even, flat, frictionless, lanateregional
3. (especially said of the sea) Still; with little or no movement on the surface.Examples: "The sea was slight and calm"especially
4. (obsolete) Foolish; silly; not intellectual.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."Synonyms: daft, fatuous, soft in the head, asinine, balmy, barmy, bedaft, loonyobsolete
5. (regional, obsolete) Bad, of poor quality.Examples: "1889 (first published), George Washington, Writings we frequently have slight Goods and sometimes old and unsaleable Articles"Synonyms: flimsy, lousy, shoddy, ass, bad, base, below par, brokenobsoleteregional
6. (dated) Slighting; treating with disdain.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 […]"Synonyms: contemptuous, disdainful, scornful, belittling, contemptuous, deprecative, derogative, despisingdated
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To treat as unimportant or not worthy of attention; to make light of.Examples: "the wretch who slights the bounty of the skies"transitive
2. (transitive) To give lesser weight or importance to.Examples: "Incontiguously (accent on tig; the rest of the syllables slighted) means in an incontiguous manner."Synonyms: belittleAntonyms: respect, value, esteemtransitive
3. (transitive) 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.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."Synonyms: contemn, despiseAntonyms: respect, honortransitive
4. (intransitive) To act negligently or carelessly.intransitive
5. (transitive, military, of a fortification) To render no longer defensible by full or partial demolition.Examples: "When the parliament had finished the war , they reduced and slighted most of the inland garrison"transitive
6. (obsolete, transitive) To make even or level.Examples: "After your ground is sowne and harrowed, you shall then clotte it, sleight it, and smooth it."obsoletetransitive
noun (English)
1. (obsolete) Sleight.Examples: "For till that stownd could never wight him harme, By subtilty, nor slight, nor might, nor mighty charme."obsolete
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