What does it mean when someone says slight?

What does it mean when someone says slight?

As a verb, to slight means to ignore or be indifferent toward someone; it's also the noun for the act of ignoring. If you direct a movie and the star doesn't thank you in her award acceptance speech, you'll be offended at the slight.

How do you use slight in a sentence?

Slight sentence example

1. After a slight hesitation the door burst open with a cracking blow. ...
2. His frame was slight , his hair silvered, his smile fatherly. ...
3. There was a slight quake to her voice. ...
4. He walked with a slight limp and looked older than thirty-six. ...
5. A slight smile touched the corners of his mouth.

What does slight problem mean?

1 adj Something that is slight is very small in degree or quantity. usu ADJ n (=small) Doctors say he has made a slight improvement..., We have a slight problem..., He's not the slightest bit worried.

What does soft or slight mean?

not hard or sharp: soft outlines. gentle or mild: soft breezes. genial or balmy, as climate or air. gentle, mild, warm-hearted, or compassionate: a soft, grandmotherly woman. smooth, soothing, or ingratiating: soft words.

What does no slight mean?

5 to show indifference or disregard for (someone); snub. 6 to treat as unimportant or trifling.

How do you use slightest in a sentence?

Slightest In A Sentence

1. There was not the slightest accident.
2. There is not the slightest braggadocio about this.
3. Max had not the slightest objection to doing this.
4. There is not the slightest danger.
5. There was not the slightest resistance.
6. Nowhere was there the slightest imperfection.
7. It was not the slightest use.

What does very slightly mean?

Very quickly; almost instantaneously.

What does Sleighted mean?

1 : deceitful craftiness also : stratagem. 2 : dexterity, skill.

What is rebuff?

Definition of rebuff transitive verb. : to reject or criticize sharply : snub.

What is the synonym of slight?

small, modest, little, tiny, minute, inappreciable, imperceptible, infinitesimal, hardly worth mentioning, negligible, inconsiderable, insignificant, minimal, marginal. remote, scant, slim, outside. faint, vague, subtle, gentle. informal minuscule.