slight

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

adj. slender, slim, frail, delicate; trivial; meager, scant. See unimportance. — v. t. ignore, cut, snub, rebuff; scamp, neglect, disdain. —n. snub, rebuff, cut. See contempt.

II

(Roget's IV) modif.

1. [Trifling]

Syn. insignificant, petty, piddling; see trivial , unimportant .

2. [Inconsiderable]

Syn. small, sparse, scanty; see inadequate 1 .

3. [Delicate]

Syn. frail, slender, flimsy; see dainty 1 .

v.

Syn. disdain, snub, overlook; see neglect 1 , scorn 2 .

See Synonym Study at neglect .

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)

I

n.

snub, insult, *cold shoulder, *slap in the face, *cut, rebuff, *put-down, indifference, neglect.

ANT.: courtesy, notice, kindness

II

v.

snub, insult, *give the cold shoulder, *give a slap in the face, *cut, rebuff, put down, neglect, overlook.

ANT.: regard, notice, honor

III

a.

1. light frail, fragile, delicate, spare, slim, gracile, flimsy, attenuated, tenuous, weak.

2. insignificant small, little, tiny, light, minute, fine, minor, subtle, trivial, negligible.

ANT.: 1. heavy, sturdy, rock-solid. 2. huge, gigantic, large, considerable

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) I adjective 1. Of small intensity: gentle, light2, moderate, soft. See STRONG. 2. Small in degree, especially of probability: faint, negligible, outside, remote, slender, slim. See BIG. II verb 1. To think, represent, or speak of as small or unimportant: belittle, decry, denigrate, deprecate, depreciate, derogate, detract, discount, disparage, downgrade, minimize, run down, talk down. Idiom: make light (or little) of. See ATTACK, SHOW. 2. To refuse to pay attention to (a person); treat with contempt: disregard, ignore, neglect. Regional: igg. See CONCERN, THOUGHTS. 3. To fail to care for or give proper attention to: disregard, ignore, neglect. See CARE FOR, CONCERN. III noun 1. An act or instance of neglecting: disregard, neglect, oversight. See CARE FOR, CONCERN. 2. An act that offends a person's sense of pride or dignity: affront, contumely, despite, indignity, insult, offense, outrage. Idiom: slap in the face. See ATTACK.