Meaning

7 senses

  1. (transitive)To treat as unimportant or not worthy of attention; to make light of.

    vernachlässigen, kränken, zurücksetzen

  2. (transitive)To give lesser weight or importance to.

    herabsetzen, verharmlosen, schmälern

  3. (transitive)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.

    kränken, missachten, verachten

  4. (intransitive)To act negligently or carelessly.

  5. (transitive)To render no longer defensible by full or partial demolition.

  6. (transitive)To throw heedlessly.

  7. (obsolete, transitive)To make even or level.

More definitions
  • pay no attention to, disrespect

Examples

288 sentences

  1. It seems I have a slight cold.

    Я, здається, трохи застудився. — deniko

    ruПохоже, я слегка простыл. — sharptoothed

    deAnscheinend habe ich eine leichte Erkältung. — riotlake

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  2. I have a slight fever.

    У мене невелика температура. — deniko

    ruУ меня лёгкий жар. — marafon

    deIch habe leichtes Fieber. — sigfrido

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  3. I don't have the slightest idea.

    Я не маю найменшої уяви. — deniko

    ruНе имею ни малейшего понятия. — marafon

    deIch habe nicht die leiseste Ahnung. — Sudajaengi

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  4. I have a slight headache today.

    Мені трохи болить сьогодні голова. — ascolto

    ruСегодня у меня немного болит голова. — Selena777

    deIch habe heute leichte Kopfschmerzen. — Hans_Adler

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  5. Tom speaks with a slight accent.

    Том говорить із легким акцентом. — deniko

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Translations

3 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 3
to treat with a lack of respect; to make light of:
to give lesser weight or importance:
to treat with disdain or neglect:

Origin

From Middle English slight (“bad, of poor quality, unimportant, trivial, slender, slim, sm

From Middle English slight (“bad, of poor quality, unimportant, trivial, slender, slim, smooth, level”), from Old English sliht (“smooth, level”), from Proto-Germanic *slihtaz (“slippery, flat, level, plain”), related to English slick. Cognate with Scots slicht (“bad, of poor quality”), West Frisian sljocht (“smooth, level, plain, simple”), Dutch slecht (“bad”), Low German slecht (“bad”), German schlecht (“bad”) and schlicht (“plain, artless, natural”), Danish slet (“bad, evil, poor, nasty, wrong”), Swedish slät (“smooth”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk slett (“even”), Icelandic sléttur (“even, smooth, level”).

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Forms

slights, slighting, slighted, slighted
Base formslight · to slight
3rd person singularslights
Present participleslighting
Past simpleslighted
Past participleslighted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyslight
he, she, itslights

Past simpleLesson

all personsslighted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave slighted
he, she, ithas slighted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill slight

Synonyms

78 synonyms
degradeC1deprecateC2disparageC2minimizeB1underestimateB2despiseB2disdainC1scornC1levelB2castB2chunkB2cookA1dashB2dumpB1
Close in meaning

Antonyms

17 antonyms
respectB1valueB2esteemhonorB2idolizeB2lay store bylook up toprizeB1hallowput store byput store inrateB2regardB1revereC1

Word family

1 related words
Derivedslightingly

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

Collocations

12 patterns
  • had a slight
  • a slight fever
  • a slight headache
  • a slight cold
  • slight fever
  • slight headache
  • slight cold
  • have the slightest
  • the slightest idea
  • with a slight
  • in the slightest
  • slightest idea

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
slideB2sliderslideshowslightlyB1slimA2
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