Past tense of slight
regular verb
The past tense of slight is slighted. The past participle is also slighted.
Forms of slight
| Base form (V1) | slight /slaɪt/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | slighted |
| Past participle (V3) | slighted |
| Present participle | slighting |
| Third person singular | slights |
Slighted in a sentence
- Incontiguously (accent on tig; the rest of the syllables slighted) means in an incontiguous manner.1915, Josephine Turck Baker, Correct English, volumes 16-17, page 182
- Revenge beatings, drive-by shootings, and in the last few months scalped a guy they felt had slighted them.2016, Siobhán MacDonald, “Mannix: October”, in Twisted River (Penguin Mystery), New York, N.Y.: Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 84. From the entry spot of bother
- Now, what was that word that talk show host Wendy Williams used when describing another Kardashianesque move that slighted Kris?2011 September 18, C.J., “Shelby dons stockings and stilettos for ‘Rocky Horror’”, in Star Tribune, Minneapolis, Minn., section…. From the entry Kardashianesque
- Dark skinned as he was, he was most likely to be slighted and thrown out by that gori mem.2010, Govinda Miśra, translated by Masooma Ali, The House with Five Courtyards, Penguin, page 211. From the entry gori mem
- Inhabited as early as the Gallo-Roman era, the caves of the troglodytes are slighted in guidebooks, naturally overshadowed by the chateaus of the kings.1997 September 11, Josephine Humphreys, “The Loire Valley, Land of Kings and Troglodytes”, in The New York Times Style Magazine. From the entry troglodyte
Meaning of slight
- adjective Minor; small in amount.
- adjective Gentle or weak, not aggressive or powerful.
- adjective Not thorough; superficial.
Questions about the past tense of slight
- What is the past tense of slight?
- The past tense of slight is slighted.
- What is the past participle of slight?
- The past participle of slight is slighted.
- Is slight a regular or irregular verb?
- Slight is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: slight (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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