slight

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slight Definition

• (n) a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval)
• (s) having little substance or significance; "a flimsy excuse"; "slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot"
• (s) 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"
• (s) 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"
• (v) pay no attention to, disrespect; "She cold-shouldered her ex-fiance"

slight Synonyms

• cold-shoulder
• flimsy
• rebuff
• slender
• slight
• slim
• tenuous
• thin