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slighten

/ˈslaɪ.tən/

slighten verb: to make or become slight; make or become less pronounced, less noticeable, or less obvious.

Verb

slighten (third-person singular simple present slightens, present participle slightening, simple past and past participle slightened)

  1. (ambitransitive) To make or become slight; make or become less pronounced, less noticeable, or less obvious.
    • His smile slightened as if he knew they talked of him.2004, D. L. Larson, Memories Trail, page 459
    • With tissue I softened my rouge, slightened my lipstick; studying my redesigns in my green compact's mirror I marveled, seeing yet another strange face.2007, Jack Womack, Elvissey
  2. (transitive) To slight.
    • […] as God forbid that anyone should hint a slightening word of what our sons and brothers are doing just now, and doing for us!1920, Arthur Quiller-Couch, On the Art of Reading
    • They may take ill or feel slightened for not having been approached directly.1997, Rajendra Kumar Sharma, Sociological Methods and Techniques, page 257
  3. (regional, transitive) To level out, smooth, or flatten.
    • to slighten the sheets out

slighten meaning in Bengali

slighten in Bengali

সামান্য করা, হওয়া, কম স্পষ্ট করা, উপেক্ষা করা, সমান করা, মসৃণ করা

Forms of slighten

third-person singular presentslightens
present participleslightening
past participleslightened
pastslightened

Origin of slighten

From slight + -en. Related to German schlichten (“to smoothen”). More at slight.

Questions about slighten

What does slighten mean?
Slighten means to make or become slight; make or become less pronounced, less noticeable, or less obvious.
What is slighten in Bengali?
Slighten in Bengali is সামান্য করা, হওয়া, কম স্পষ্ট করা. See Slighten meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is slighten?
Slighten is a verb.
How do you pronounce slighten?
Slighten is pronounced /ˈslaɪ.tən/.
What is the past tense of slighten?
The past tense of slighten is slightened.

Words near slighten in the dictionary

  1. sligh
  2. Slighs
  3. slight
  4. slight of hand
  5. slighted
  6. slighten
  7. slightened
  8. slightening
  9. slightens
  10. slighter
  11. slighters

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Adapted from Wiktionary: slighten (page history and authors); slighten (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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