slight
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7.0
- noun
- /slaɪt/
- Offensive
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desaire
- Unable to tolerate others' slights, it succumbs to "excessive desire for revenge."
- perceive a slight
- sensitive to slights
- real slights
They can take things as slights that that you don't intend.
- They can take things as slights that that you don't intend.
- They over perceive every slight, every critique.
- So criticism becomes a an asset then, as opposed to a slight.
- And it's like, well, now if I unfriend you, it's going to be a slight.
- And I do have slight fears for some of the people that it will be taken as a slight.
Examples
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Clearly, at this stage in his life, LaFlesche would brook no more slights.
Academic text (2001) -
And this journalist said that I went on a rant about past slights from this other person.
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You get used to these slights, though.
Fiction book (2001) -
Some wanted to kill him for slights, real and imagined.
Fiction book (2001) -
A simple question at a conference can be interpreted as a massive slight that warrants never being asked again.
Blog text (8) -
Anger and revenge at what he thought were slights against him.
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From childhood, Woolf viewed herself as different from others and was sensitive to their slights.
Academic text (1995) -
Both sides invariably refer to the victories they won and the slights they suffered in that distant feud.
Academic text (2003) -
The fragility of the academic ego and the overweening sensitivity of many academics to perceived slights and criticisms is startling.
Academic text (2003) -
He felt hurt by the slight from his boss during the meeting.
Synonyms
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1.3
A rude remark or action that hurts someone's feelings
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3.5
A rude remark that hurts or upsets someone
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3.2
A rude comment meant to hurt someone or show no respect
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6.3
A short sharp comment that sounds rude
A remark that is harsh and meant to hurt someone's feelings
A rude comment that shows no respect for other people
Antonyms
How Insulting
Surface Forms
Etymology
Slight (noun) comes from the same idea of making someone feel 'small' or unimportant, so a slight is an action or remark that shows a lack of respect.