slight

nouns

a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval)

rebuff, slight

verbs

pay no attention to, disrespect

"She cold-shouldered her ex-fiance"

cold-shoulder, slight

adjectives

(quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with `a') at least some

"little rain fell in May"; "gave it little thought"; "little time is left"; "we still have little money"; "a little hope remained"; "there's slight chance that it will work"; "there's a slight chance it will work"

little, slight

lacking substance or significance

"slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot"; a fragile claim to fame"

flimsy, fragile, slight, tenuous, thin

is derived from

slightness

being of delicate or slender build

"she was slender as a willow shoot is slender"- Frank Norris; "a slim girl with straight blonde hair"; "watched her slight figure cross the street"

slender, slight, slim, svelte

is derived from

slightness

is derived from

slightness