slighting

slighting
  • tính từ
    • khinh thường, coi nhẹ
      • a slighting remark: một nhận xét khinh thường

Xem thêm: belittling, deprecating, deprecative, deprecatory, depreciative, depreciatory, rebuff, cold-shoulder, flimsy, tenuous, thin, slender, slim, svelte



slighting

Từ điển WordNet

    n.

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

    v.

  • pay no attention to, disrespect; cold-shoulder

    She cold-shouldered her ex-fiance

    adj.

  • having little substance or significance; flimsy, tenuous, thin

    a flimsy excuse

    slight evidence

    a tenuous argument

    a thin plot

  • almost no or (with `a') at least some; very little

    there's slight chance that it will work

    there's a slight chance it will work

  • being of delicate or slender build; slender, slim, svelte

    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

English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

slights|slighted|slighting|slighter|slightest
syn.: dainty delicate disregard flimsy frail ignore neglect overlook petite puny slender small svelte thin tiny
ant.: respect