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1. Sleight.

2. To overthrow; to demolish.

3. Not decidedly marked; not forcible; inconsiderable; unimportant; insignificant; not severe; weak; gentle;
-- applied in a great variety of circumstances; as, a slight (i. e., feeble) effort; a slight (i. e.,
perishable) structure; a slight (i. e., not deep) impression; a slight (i. e., not convincing) argument; a
slight (i. e., not thorough) examination; slight (i. e., not severe) pain, and the like.

4. To disregard, as of little value and unworthy of notice; to make light of; as, to slight the divine
commands.

5. The act of slighting; the manifestation of a moderate degree of contempt, as by neglect or oversight;
neglect; indignity.

6. Slightly.




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Lenten disgrace knee-high pass up sneer
Spartan dismiss knock pasteboardy sniff
abstemious disparage laches pay no attention snort
adulterated disregard lacy pay no mind snub
affront disrespect laissez-faire perceptible spare
airy dodge lapse permissiveness sparing
ankle-deep dwarfed laugh at petite speak ill of
ascetic dwarfish laugh to scorn piddling spurn
asinine effeminate laxity pindling spurning
attenuate empty laxness pint-sized starvation
attenuated epidermal lean pocket stingy
austere ethereal let pass pocket-sized stinted
bantam exiguous light poky straitened
be blind to fail lightweight pooh-pooh stunted
be caught out failure limited poor submit to indignity
be inattentive fat little poor stewardship subsistence
be unwary fatuous look right through precarious subtile
belittle feeble looseness procrastination subtle
blink fine make light of puny superficial
blink at fine-drawn make little of put down surface
boyish finespun meager rare svelte
breakable flimsy mean rarefied sylphlike
bring down flout miniature rebuff tacky
bring into discredit foolish minimize reedy tenuous
bring low forget minor reflect discredit upon the cold shoulder
brittle fragile minute refuse to acknowledge the go-by
carefully ignore frail miserly refuse to recognize thin
catchpenny frangible miss remissness thin-bodied
cheap-jack fribble misty repulse thin-set
cobwebby fribbling mortify rickety thin-spun
cold shoulder frivolous namby-pamby run down think little of
cold-shoulder frothy narrow scamp thinned
coldness frugal neglect scant thinned-out
connive at fudge neglectfulness scanty thinnish
contemn futile negligence scoff threadlike
cramped gaseous negligible scoff at tiny
crumbly gauzy niggardly scorn touch upon
cry down gimcrack nonadherence scout touch upon lightly
culpa gimcracky noncompliance scrawny trace
culpable negligence girlish nonconformance scrimp treat with contempt
cursory give no heed nonconformity scrimpy trifling
cut give the go-by nonfeasance see nothing trite
cut a corner gossamer nonfulfillment set at defiance trivial
cut corners gossamery noninterference shallow twiggy
cut dead gracile nonobservance shallow-rooted two-by-four
cut direct half-pint nonperformance shattery uncompact
dainty hear nothing nonrestriction shoal uncompressed
debase hold in contempt not attend short unlikely
decry hold in derision not deep silly unnourishing
default humiliation not heed sissified unnutritious
degrade idle not listen skim unobservance
delicate ignore not notice skim over unprofound
delicately weak ill-treatment nugacious skim the surface unrigorousness
delinquency impoverished off skimp unstable
depreciate inadequate offend skimpy unsubstantial
depthless inadvertence omission skin-deep vacuous
dereliction inadvertency omit skip vague
deride inane on the surface skip over vain
derogate from inattention one-horse slackness vapid
despise inconsequential otiose sleazy vaporous
detract from indifference outrage slender vest-pocket
diaphanous indignity outside slenderish wasp-waisted
dilute infinitesimal overlook slight over watered
diluted inobservance overlooking slight-made watered-down
diminish insecure overpass slim watery
diminutive insignificant oversight slimmish weak
dinky insubstantial paltry slinky wee
disapprove of insult papery slubber over willowy
disconformity jejune parsimonious slur windy
discount jerry pass by slur over wink at
discredit jerry-built pass over small wiredrawn
disdain knee-deep pass over lightly smallish wispy