Thesaurus: slight

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1. n. Sleight.
2. v. t. To overthrow; to demolish.
3. v. t. To make even or level.
4. v. t. To throw heedlessly.
5. superl. Not decidedly marked; not forcible; inconsiderable; unimportant; insignificant; not severe; weak; gentle; -- applied in a great variety of circumstances; as, a slight (i. e., feeble) effort; a slight (i. e., perishable) structure; a slight (i. e., not deep) impression; a slight (i. e., not convincing) argument; a slight (i. e., not thorough) examination; slight (i. e., not severe) pain, and the like.
6. superl. Not stout or heavy; slender.
7. superl. Foolish; silly; weak in intellect.
8. v. t. To disregard, as of little value and unworthy of notice; to make light of; as, to slight the divine commands.
9. n. The act of slighting; the manifestation of a moderate degree of contempt, as by neglect or oversight; neglect; indignity.
10. adv. Slightly.
11. adj. (quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with ‘a’) at least some
12. adj. lacking substance or significance