slight
/slaɪt/ verb C2- To treat as unimportant or not worthy of attention; to make light of.
- To give lesser weight or importance to.
- To treat (someone or something) with disdain or neglect, usually out of prejudice, hatred, or jealousy; to ignore disrespectfully; to skimp on one's duties toward.
- To act negligently or carelessly.
- To render no longer defensible by full or partial demolition.
- To throw heedlessly.
He/she/it slights · Past slighted · Past participle slighted · -ing form slighting
Verb forms
- Base form
- slight
- He/she/it
- slights
- Past
- slighted
- Past participle
- slighted
- -ing form
- slighting
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Morrel, who, forthwith conducting her up the flight of wooden steps leading to the chamber in which the feast was prepared, was gayly followed by the guests, beneath whose heavy tread the slight structure creaked and groaned for the space of several minutes.
“Just the same as though you prayed that a physician might only be called upon to prescribe for headaches, measles, and the stings of wasps, or any other slight affection of the epidermis.
I might have rebelled against these exasperating solos had it not been that he usually terminated them by playing in quick succession a whole series of my favourite airs as a slight compensation for the trial upon my patience.
As a rule, when I have heard some slight indication of the course of events, I am able to guide myself by the thousands of other similar cases which occur to my memory.
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