slight

Significado (Inglês)

Adj

1. Minor; small in amount
2. Minor; small in amount
3. Minor; small in amount
4. (archaic, rare) Minor; small in amount
5. Of slender build.
6. (regional) Even, smooth or level.
7. (especially) Still; with little or no movement on the surface.
8. (obsolete) Foolish; silly; not intellectual.
9. (obsolete, regional) Bad, of poor quality.
10. (dated) Slighting; treating with disdain.

Verb

1. (transitive) To treat as unimportant or not worthy of attention; to make light of.
2. (transitive) To give lesser weight or importance to.
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.
4. (intransitive) To act negligently or carelessly.
5. (transitive) To render no longer defensible by full or partial demolition.
6. (obsolete, transitive) To make even or level.
7. (transitive) To throw heedlessly.

Noun

1. The act of ignoring or snubbing; a deliberate act of neglect or discourtesy.
2. (obsolete) Sleight.

Conceitos

leve

desprezar

menosprezo

insignificante

delgado

fraco

frágil

ligeiro

magro

ofensa

pouco

desrespeitar

franzino

menosprezar

esguio

desfeita

delicado

desconsideração

esbelto

escasso

Oposto de

respect, value, esteem, honor

Sinônimos

disregard

neglect

small

little

insult

despise

disdain

trifling

thin

insignificant

contempt

scorn

light

ignore

slim

look down upon

slender

minor

trivial

fragile

affront

petty

disrespect

delicate

unimportant

tiny

frail

belittle

disparage

weak

gentle

tenuous

flimsy

snub

feeble

contemn

avoid

humiliate

subtle

eschew

easy

alienate

faint

paltry

shun

mild

underestimate

negligible

svelte

hold in contempt

Traduções

geringfügig

affront

scarso

leggero

unbedeutend

Geringfügigkeit

insignificante

léger

leve

ελαφρός

schwach

Kränkung

Verachtung

unwichtig

ασήμαντος

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/slaɪt/

Etimologia (Inglês)

Herdado de inglês médio: slight

Herdado de inglês arcaico: sliht

Cognato com inglês: slick

Cognato com scots: slicht

Cognato com frísio ocidental: sljocht

Cognato com holandês: slecht

Cognato com baixo alemão: slecht

Cognato com alemão: schlecht

Cognato com dinamarquês: slet

Cognato com sueco: slät

Cognato com norueguês: slett

Cognato com islandês: sléttur

In summary

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”).