slight

Meanings

Adjective

• Small
• of slender build
• Even, smooth or level
• still; with little or no movement on the surface
• Foolish; silly; not intellectual.
• Bad, of poor quality.
• Slighting; treating with disdain.

Verb

• To treat as unimportant or not worthy of attention; to make light of.
• To give lesser weight or importance to.
• To treat with disdain or neglect, usually out of prejudice, hatred, or jealousy; to ignore disrespectfully.
• To act negligently or carelessly.
• To render no longer defensible by full or partial demolition.
• To make even or level.
• To throw heedlessly.

Noun

• The act of slighting; a deliberate act of neglect or discourtesy.
• Sleight.

Origin

• From Middle English slight, from Old English sliht, from Proto-Germanic *slihtaz, related to English slick. Cognate with Scots slicht, West Frisian sljocht, Dutch slecht ("bad"), Low German slecht, German schlecht and schlicht, Danish slet, Swedish slät, Norwegian slett, Icelandic sléttur.