Sinônimos e antônimos de slight em inglês

slight

These are words and phrases related to slight. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, acesse a definição de slight.

TO INTENTIONALLY NOT GIVE SOMEONE OR SOMETHING ANY ATTENTION

She felt very slighted by her boss when he didn't include her in the company-wide email.

Sinônimos e exemplos

ignore
The buzzing is irritating, but try to ignore it.
disregard
He disregarded the advice of his doctor and went back to work.
turn a blind eye to
Until now, the mayor has turned a blind eye to the city's homelessness problem.
close your eyes to
The administration closed its eyes to human-rights abuses by its soldiers.
shut your eyes to
He shut his eyes to the problem and pretended that everything was fine.
turn a deaf ear
The emperor turned a deaf ear to their cries for mercy.
close your ears
He closed his ears to all criticism of his novels.
tune out
US informal
When he starts ranting about politics, I just tune him out.
shun
As assistant to the president, he shunned the spotlight, but worked very hard behind the scenes.
give someone the cold shoulder
I said hello to him and he just gave me the cold shoulder.
cold-shoulder
She was cold-shouldered by her former friends.
snub
She was snubbed once again by the Academy Awards nominating committee.

Antonyms and examples

listen (to)
We listened to his concerns carefully.
heed
formal
Travellers would do well to heed all travel warnings from the government.

Comparar

neglect
I neglected to water the plants and now they're dead.
Saiba mais
If you ignore someone or something, you intentionally do not give them any attention.

NOT GREAT IN SIZE, AMOUNT, ETC.

There was a slight difference in colour.

Sinônimos e exemplos

small
I live in a small town.
little
She's a good little girl.
a little
I just want a little ice cream.
a little (bit)
I was a little bit upset that she ate the last piece of cake.
tiny
His body was covered in tiny red spots.
minute
Minute traces of explosives were found on his clothes.
minuscule
The cost of vaccination is minuscule compared to the cost of treatment.
microscopic
Microscopic particles can escape into the air.
microscopically small
Microscopically small robots could be used in the body to operate on damaged tissue.
infinitesimal
formal
Homeopathy uses infinitesimal doses of natural substances to stimulate a person's immune system.
dwarf
She planted a dwarf cherry tree in the garden.
miniature
It's a miniature bath for the doll's house.
dainty
She had dainty feet.
petite
approving
Emma was petite and shy.
exiguous
In country areas, public transport is either not available or so exiguous as to be pointless.
teensy
informal
Mel has a teensy non-speaking cameo in the film.
teeny
informal
Weren't you even a teeny bit afraid?
itsy-bitsy
humorous
They are skilled at squeezing cars into itsy-bitsy spaces,
weeny
UK informal
How can you see anything on that weeny little screen?
wee
Scottish English or informal
He's just a wee little thing!

Antônimo e exemplo

large
Karachi is Pakistan's largest city.

Comparar

low
At the moment, oil prices are low.
Saiba mais
Someone or something that is small is not great in size or amount.
Dicionário Cambridge de Sinônimos em inglês © Cambridge University Press

slight | American Thesaurus

slight

adjective
These are words and phrases related to slight. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, acesse a definição de slight.
He's too slight to play football.

slight

verb
He tends to slight his studies.
He was frequently slighted by his political rivals.

slight

noun
I was hurt by the obvious slight.
Synonyms for slight from Random House Roget's College Thesaurus, Revised and Updated Edition © 2000 Random House, Inc.

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a walking encyclopedia

someone who seems to be a human form of disaster, encyclopedia, etc.

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