slight

slight
1. n пренебрежение, неуважение
2. v пренебрегать, относиться небрежно
3. v третировать, обращаться пренебрежительно

to feel slighted — чувствовать себя ущемлённым

4. a худощавый, тонкий; изящный, хрупкий

a slight girlish figure — изящная девичья фигура

5. a некрепкий, слабый

slight foundation — непрочное основание

to feel a slight prick — чувствовать слабую боль от укола

slight crest — слабо выраженный гребень

6. a слабый, незначительный; несерьёзный

a slight attack of illness — лёгкий приступ болезни

slight alleviation — небольшое облегчение

a slight cold — лёгкая простуда

a slight decline — незначительное снижение

not the slightest doubt — ни малейшего сомнения

not the slightest — нисколечко, ни на йоту

not the slightest use in doing it — пользы от этого ровно никакой

a tower with a slight lean — башня с незначительным наклоном

7. a необильный, неплотный

slight meal — лёгкая еда

8. a поверхностный, неглубокий

slight knowledge — поверхностные знания

Синонимический ряд:
1. fragile (adj.) dainty; delicate; feeble; flimsy; fragile; frail; inadequate; scanty; sparse; weak
2. insignificant (adj.) insignificant; paltry; petty; superficial; trifling; trivial; unessential; unimportant
3. light (adj.) gentle; light; moderate; soft
4. meager (adj.) inconsiderable; meager; meagre; unsubstantial
5. remote (adj.) negligible; off; outside; remote; slender; slim; small
6. thin (adj.) attenuate; reedy; squinny; stalky; tenuous; thin; twiggy
7. cut (noun) cut; rebuff; snub
8. disdain (noun) affront; contempt; disdain; disregard; disrespect; indifference; insult; neglect; offense; oversight; scorn
9. disdain (verb) disdain; insult; scorn; snub
10. neglect (verb) blink at; blink away; discount; disregard; elide; fail; forget; ignore; miss; neglect; omit; overleap; overlook; overpass; pass; pass by; pass over; pretermit; slough over; slur over
Антонимический ряд:
abundant; sturdy; substantial

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  • Slight — Slight, a. [Compar. {Slighter}; superl. {Slightest}.] [OE. sli?t, sleght, probably from OD. slicht, slecht, simple, plain, D. slecht; akin to OFries. sliucht, G. schlecht, schlicht, OHG. sleht smooth, simple, Icel. sl?ttr smooth, Sw. sl[ a]t,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Slight — Slight, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Slighted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Slighting}.] To disregard, as of little value and unworthy of notice; to make light of; as, to slight the divine commands. Milton. [1913 Webster] The wretch who slights the bounty of the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • slight — slight·er; slight; slight·ish; slight·ly; slight·ness; slight·ing·ly; …   English syllables

  • slight — I adjective ancillary, auxiliary, diminutive, exiguous, exiguus, immaterial, inappreciable, inconsequential, inconsiderable, inferior, insignificant, levis, light, limited, little, meager, mean, minor, minute, modest, negligible, niggardly,… …   Law dictionary

  • slight — [adj1] insignificant, small fat, feeble, inconsiderable, insubstantial, meager, minor, modest, negligible, off, outside, paltry, petty, piddling, remote, scanty, slender, slim, sparse, superficial, trifling, trivial, unessential, unimportant,… …   New thesaurus

  • Slight — Slight, adv. Slightly. [Obs. or Poetic] [1913 Webster] Think not so slight of glory. Milton. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Slight — is a surname, and may refer to:* Aaron Slight (born 1966), former professional motorcycle road racer * Jim Slight (1855 1930), Australian cricketeree also* Sleight …   Wikipedia

  • slight — [slīt] adj. [ME (northern dial.) sliht < OE, kin to OHG sleht, straight, smooth: for IE base see SLICK] 1. a) light in form or build; not stout or heavy; slender b) frail; fragile 2. having little weight, strength, substance, or significance… …   English World dictionary

  • slight|ly — «SLYT lee», adverb. 1. in a slight manner. 2. to a slight degree; a little; somewhat: »I know him slightly. 3. in a slighting manner; disdainfully …   Useful english dictionary

  • Slight — Slight, n. The act of slighting; the manifestation of a moderate degree of contempt, as by neglect or oversight; neglect; indignity. [1913 Webster] Syn: Neglect; disregard; inattention; contempt; disdain; scorn; disgrace; indignity; disparagement …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Slight — Slight, n. Sleight. Spenser. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English


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