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slights

slights is the plural of slight.

slights is the third-person singular simple present indicative of slight.

Meaning of slight

Noun

slight (plural slights)

  1. The act of ignoring or snubbing; a deliberate act of neglect or discourtesy.
    • Never use a slighting expression to her, even in jest; for slights in jest, after frequent bandyings, are apt to end in angry earnest.1793, Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
    Antonyms:
    respect
  2. (obsolete) Sleight.
    • For till that stownd could never wight him harme,
      By subtilty, nor slight, nor might, nor mighty charme.1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto XXXVI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

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Proper noun capitalized: Slights

Slights

  1. (plural) plural of Slight

Questions about slights

What is slights the plural of?
Slights is the plural of slight.
What part of speech is slights?
Slights is a proper noun.

Words near slights in the dictionary

  1. slightly
  2. slightly enriched uranium
  3. slightly-enriched uranium
  4. slightness
  5. slightnesses
  6. slights
  7. slightsome
  8. slightually
  9. slighty
  10. Sligo
  11. Sligoman

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