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6-letter words (2 found)

LIGHTS,SLIGHT,

5-letter words (7 found)

GILTS,GLITS,HILTS,LIGHT,LITHS,SIGHT,THIGS,

4-letter words (21 found)

GHIS,GILT,GIST,GITS,GLIT,HILT,HIST,HITS,LIGS,LIST,LITH,LITS,SHIT,SIGH,SILT,SITH,SLIT,THIG,THIS,TIGS,TILS,

3-letter words (15 found)

GHI,GIS,GIT,HIS,HIT,ISH,ITS,LIG,LIS,LIT,SIG,SIT,TIG,TIL,TIS,

2-letter words (9 found)

GI,HI,IS,IT,LI,SH,SI,ST,TI,

You can make 54 words from slight according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of slight

slight

Etymology

From Middle English slight (“bad, of poor quality, unimportant, trivial, slender, slim, smooth, level”), from Old English sliht (“smooth, level”), from Proto-Germanic *slihtaz (“slippery, flat, level, plain”), related to English slick. Cognate with Scots slicht (“bad, of poor quality”), West Frisian sljocht (“smooth, level, plain, simple”), Dutch slecht (“bad”), Low German slecht (“bad”), German schlecht (“bad”) and schlicht (“plain, artless, natural”), Danish slet (“bad, evil, poor, nasty, wrong”), Swedish slät (“smooth”), Norwegian slett (“even”), Icelandic sléttur (“even, smooth, level”).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: slīt, IPA(key): /slaɪt/
  • (US) IPA(key): [sl̥ɐɪʔ]
  • Rhymes: -aɪt
  • Homophone: sleight

Adjective

slight (comparative slighter, superlative slightest)

  1. Small.
    Synonyms: ignorable, meaningless, negligible, tiny; see also Thesaurus:tiny, Thesaurus:insignificant
    1. Gentle or weak, not aggressive or powerful.
    2. Not thorough; superficial.
    3. Trifling; unimportant; insignificant.
    4. (archaic or rare) Not far away in space or time.
  2. Of slender build.
    Synonyms: lithe, svelte, willowy; see also Thesaurus:slender
  3. (regional) Even, smooth or level.
    Synonyms: flat, glassy, slick; see also Thesaurus:smooth
  4. (especially said of the sea) Still; with little or no movement on the surface.
  5. (obsolete) Foolish; silly; not intellectual.
    Synonyms: daft, fatuous, soft in the head; see also Thesaurus:foolish
  6. (regional, obsolete) Bad, of poor quality.
    Synonyms: flimsy, lousy, shoddy; see also Thesaurus:low-quality
    • 1889 (first published), George Washington, Writings
      we frequently have slight Goods and sometimes old and unsaleable Articles
  7. (dated) Slighting; treating with disdain.
    Synonyms: contemptuous, disdainful, scornful; see also Thesaurus:disdainful

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

slight (third-person singular simple present slights, present participle slighting, simple past and past participle slighted)

  1. (transitive) To treat as unimportant or not worthy of attention; to make light of.
  2. (transitive) To give lesser weight or importance to.
    Synonym: belittle
    Antonyms: respect, value, esteem
  3. (transitive) To treat (someone or something) with disdain or neglect, usually out of prejudice, hatred, or jealousy; to ignore disrespectfully; to skimp on one's duties toward.
    Synonyms: contemn, despise
    Antonyms: respect, honor
  4. (intransitive) To act negligently or carelessly. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
  5. (transitive, military, of a fortification) To render no longer defensible by full or partial demolition.
  6. (obsolete, transitive) To make even or level.
  7. (transitive) To throw heedlessly.

Derived terms

  • slightingly

Translations

Noun

slight (plural slights)

  1. The act of ignoring or snubbing; a deliberate act of neglect or discourtesy.
    Synonyms: ignoring, neglect, belittlement
    Antonym: respect
  2. (obsolete) Sleight.

Derived terms

  • put a slight upon

Translations

Further reading

  • The Dictionary of the Scots Language
  • The Dictionary of the Scots Language
  • The Middle English Dictionary
  • “slight”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • lights

Middle English

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old English sliht, from Proto-West Germanic *sliht, from Proto-Germanic *slihtaz.

Alternative forms

  • sleght, sleȝt, sleight, sleiȝte, sliȝt, slyght, slyȝt

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /slixt/, /sliːxt/, /slɛxt/
  • Rhymes: -ixt

Adjective

slight

  1. Level, even, smooth; having no bumps or lumps.
  2. (rare) Of little importance or relevance.
  3. (rare) Slim, narrow, skinny; of little breadth.
  4. (rare) Badly made, poorly-built, or low-quality.
Descendants
  • English: slight
  • Scots: slicht
  • Yola: sleight
References
  • “slight, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-12-12.

Etymology 2

Noun

slight

  1. Alternative form of sleighte

Adjective

slight

  1. Alternative form of sleighte

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