slight
noun/slaɪt/
/slaɪt/
- slight (on somebody/something) an act or a remark that criticizes something or offends somebody synonym insult
- Nick took her comment as a slight on his abilities as a manager.
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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