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Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary
slight
a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval) (Freq. 2)
• Syn:
rebuff
• Derivationally related forms:
rebuff (for: rebuff)
• Hypernyms:
discourtesy, offense, offence, offensive activity
• Hyponyms:
snub, cut, cold shoulder, silent treatment
pay no attention to, disrespect
- She cold-shouldered her ex-fiance
• Syn:
cold-shoulder
• Derivationally related forms:
cold shoulder (for: cold-shoulder)
• Hypernyms:
dismiss, disregard, brush aside, brush off, discount,
push aside, ignore
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
1. lacking substance or significance
- slight evidence
- a tenuous argument
- a thin plot
• Syn:
flimsy, fragile, tenuous, thin
• Similar to:
insignificant, unimportant
• Derivationally related forms:
thinness (for: thin), tenuity (for: tenuous), slightness
2. (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
• Syn:
little
• Ant:
much (for: little)
• Similar to:
small
• See Also:
less
3. 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
• Syn:
slender, slim, svelte
• Similar to:
thin, lean
• Derivationally related forms:
slimness (for: slim), slightness, slenderness (for: slender)
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