Search Result:slight
KK Pronunciation
〔 slaIt 〕
Pronunciation
〔 slait 〕
Overview of noun slight
The noun slight has 1 sense
- rebuff, slight -- (a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval))
Overview of verb slight
The verb slight has 1 sense
- slight, cold-shoulder -- (pay no attention to, disrespect; "She cold-shouldered her ex-fiance")
Overview of adj slight
The adj slight has 3 senses
- little, slight -- ((quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with `a') at least some; "little rain fell in May"; "gave it little thought"; "little time is left"; "we still have little money"; "a little hope remained"; "there's slight chance that it will work"; "there's a slight chance it will work")
- flimsy, fragile, slight, tenuous, thin -- (lacking substance or significance; "slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot"; a fragile claim to fame")
- slender, slight, slim, svelte -- (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")