slightadjective
uk/slaɪt/us/slaɪt/slight adjective (SMALL IN AMOUNT)
B2 small in amount or degree:
a slight improvement
a slight incline
She had a slight headache.
I don't have the slightest idea what he's talking about.
not in the slightest
not at all:
"Does it worry you?" "Not in the slightest."
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- He's got a headache and a slight fever.
- The X-ray showed a slight irregularity in one lung.
- There was a slight tremble in her voice as she recalled her husband.
- After a slight hesitation, she began to speak.
- She has a slight limp.
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Yes, no & not
- absolutely
- anything
- bet
- betcha
- does a bear/do bears shit in the woods? idiom
- fear
- hear, hear! idiom
- hell
- much
- no dice idiom
- no way idiom
- noes
- not by any manner of means idiom
- not so much sth as sth idiom
- not that idiom
- perish the thought idiom
- see sb in hell before ... idiom
- think
- yea or nay idiom
- yes
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Linguistics: intensifying expressions
slight adjective (THIN)
(of people) thin and delicate:
Like most long-distance runners she is very slight.
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Animal physiology: thin or slender (of people)
- anorexic
- be skin and bone(s) idiom
- elfin
- emaciated
- gaunt
- hatchet-faced
- hollow
- lissome
- lithe
- pinched
- rangy
- skinny
- slenderize
- spare
- spindly
- sylphlike
- trim
- underweight
- waif-like
- wiry
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slightness
noun [ U ] uk/ˈslaɪt.nəs/us/ˈslaɪt.nəs/
slightverb [ T ]
uk/slaɪt/us/slaɪt/to insult someone by ignoring them or treating them as if not important:
I felt slighted when my boss thanked everyone but me for their hard work.
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Insults & abuse
- arse-licker
- asshole
- be close to the bone idiom
- brickbat
- cut (sb) to the quick idiom
- denigrate
- fuck
- fuck you/them/it idiom
- give someone a mouthful idiom
- mouth
- mouthful
- name-calling
- score
- shit
- sledging
- snowflake
- stick
- take sb's name in vain idiom
- trifle
- trifle with sb/sth
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Neglecting and ignoring
slighted
adjective uk/ˈslaɪ.tɪd/us/ˈslaɪ.t̬ɪd/
slightnoun [ C ]
uk/slaɪt/us/slaɪt/an action that insults a person because someone fails to pay attention to them or to treat them with the respect that they deserve:
I regarded her failure to acknowledge my greeting as a slight.
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Insults & abuse
- arse-licker
- asshole
- be close to the bone idiom
- brickbat
- cut (sb) to the quick idiom
- denigrate
- fuck
- fuck you/them/it idiom
- give someone a mouthful idiom
- mouth
- mouthful
- name-calling
- score
- shit
- sledging
- snowflake
- stick
- take sb's name in vain idiom
- trifle
- trifle with sb/sth
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