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Bookmark or Share- SLIGHT definition and meaning | Collins English DictionaryIf you are slighted, someone does or says something that insults you by treating you as if your views or feelings are not important.
- Slight - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms - Vocabulary.comEvery meaning of slight stems from the Old Norse for "small or flimsy." If you have a slight build, you're slim with small bones. A slight deviation from your plan is a tiny adjustment. As a verb, to slight means to ignore or be indifferent toward someone; it's also the noun for the act of ignoring.
- Slight Definition & Meaning - Merriam-WebsterIn modern use it can be a verb meaning "to offend or insult someone" (as in "slighted by a rude colleague"), or a noun closely related to that verb ("the colleague's remark could only be seen as a slight"), or it can be an adjective describing people and things that are slim, frail, small, or trivial ("a slight figure," "a slight chance," "a ...
- SLIGHTED Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.comSlighted definition: treated with indifference, especially pointedly or contemptuously; snubbed. See examples of SLIGHTED used in a sentence.
- SLIGHT Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.comTo slight is to give only superficial attention to something important: to slight one's work. To disregard is to pay no attention to a person or thing: to disregard the rules; in some circumstances, to disregard may be admirable: to disregard a handicap.
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