| ADJECTIVE | all | slight, little | (quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree |
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| all | slight, flimsy, fragile, tenuous, thin | lacking substance or significance | |
| all | slight, slender, slim, svelte | being of delicate or slender build / build | |
| NOUN | act | slight, rebuff | a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger / anger or disapproval) |
| VERB | cognition | slight, cold-shoulder | pay no attention to, disrespect |
| Sounds | slay't | |
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| Rhymes | acolyte ... write: 181 rhymes with ayt... | |
| Meaning | (quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with 'a') at least some. | |
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| Synonym | little | |
| Narrower | small | Slight or limited |
| See also | less | (comparative of 'little' usually used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning / meaning not as great in amount or degree |
| Opposite | much | (quantifier used with mass nouns) great in quantity or degree or extent |
| Spanish | chico, escaso, pequeño, poco | |
| Meaning | Lacking substance or significance. | |
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| Example | "slight evidence" | |
| Synonyms | flimsy, fragile, tenuous, thin | |
| Broader | insignificant, unimportant | devoid of importance, meaning, or force |
| Spanish | insustancial, leve | |
| Catalan | insubstancial, lleu | |
| Nouns | slightness | the quality of being unimportant and petty or frivolous |
| Meaning | Of delicate or slender build / build. | |
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| Example | "watched her slight figure cross the street" | |
| Synonyms | slender, slim, svelte | |
| Broader | thin, lean | lacking excess flesh |
| Spanish | delgado, delicado, esbelto, estilizado, fino | |
| Catalan | delicat, estilitzat, esvelt, fi, prim | |
| Nouns | slightness | smallness of stature |
| slightness | the property of an attractively thin person | |
| Adverbs | slightly | in a slim or slender manner |
| Meaning | A deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger / anger or disapproval). | |
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| Synonym | rebuff | |
| Narrower | silent treatment | An aloof / aloof refusal to speak to someone you know |
| snub, cut, cold shoulder | A refusal to recognize someone you know | |
| Broader | discourtesy, offense, offence, offensive activity | A lack of politeness |
| Spanish | desaire, desprecio, feo, menosprecio | |
| Catalan | despreci, lleig, menyspreu, retret | |
| Verbs | slight | pay no attention to, disrespect |
| Meaning | pay no attention to, disrespect. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Synonym | cold-shoulder | |
| Broader | dismiss, disregard, brush aside, brush off, discount, push aside, ignore | bar from attention or consideration |
| Spanish | desairar, desestimar | |
| Catalan | desatendre, desestimar | |
| Nouns | slight | a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger / anger or disapproval) |
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