slight
verb/slaɪt/
/slaɪt/
[usually passive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they slight | /slaɪt/ /slaɪt/ |
| he / she / it slights | /slaɪts/ /slaɪts/ |
| past simple slighted | /ˈslaɪtɪd/ /ˈslaɪtɪd/ |
| past participle slighted | /ˈslaɪtɪd/ /ˈslaɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form slighting | /ˈslaɪtɪŋ/ /ˈslaɪtɪŋ/ |
- to treat somebody rudely or without respect synonym insult
- be/feel slighted She felt slighted because she hadn't been invited.
Word OriginMiddle English; the adjective from Old Norse sléttr ‘smooth’ (an early sense in English), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch slechts ‘merely’ and German schlicht ‘simple’, schlecht ‘bad’; the verb (originally in the sense ‘make smooth or level’), from Old Norse slétta. The sense “treat with disrespect” dates from the late 16th cent.Definitions on the go
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