slighteth

Verb

slight (third-person singular simple present slights, present participle slighting, simple past and past participle slighted)

1. (transitive) To treat as unimportant or not worthy of attention; to make light of.
   • the wretch who slights the bounty of the skies1782, William Cowper, Truth

   Synonyms:

   take lightly

2. (transitive) To give lesser weight or importance to.
   • 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

   Synonyms:

   belittle, bagatellize, banalize, cut down, de-emphasize, denigrate, degrade, deprecate, derogate, disparage

   Antonyms:

   respect, value, esteem

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.
   • Though true of heart, she was somewhat of a coquette in manner; and I was jealous as a Turk. She slighted me in a thousand ways, yet would never acknowledge herself to be in the wrong. She would drive me mad with anger, and then force me to beg her pardon.1833, Mary Shelley, The Mortal Immortal

   Synonyms:

   contemn, despise, despect, disrespect, disdain, disesteem, look down on, misrespect, scorn, spurn

   Antonyms:

   respect, honor, esteem, idolize, lay store by, look up to, prize, hallow, put store by, put store in

4. (intransitive) To act negligently or carelessly.
5. (transitive) To render no longer defensible by full or partial demolition.
   • When the parliament had finished the war , they reduced and slighted most of the inland garrison1702–1704, Edward [Hyde, 1st] Earl of Clarendon, (please specify |book=I to XVI), in The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Begun in the Year 1641. […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed...
6. (obsolete, transitive) To make even or level.
   • After your ground is sowne and harrowed, you shall then clotte it, sleight it, and smooth it.1620, Gervase Markham, Farwell to Hvsbandry

   Synonyms:

   flatten, level

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