Slights

Synonyms for "slights" (673 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (135)

belittle contemn little neglect negligible rebuff slender tenuous tiny abstemious adulterated affront airy ankle deep ankle-deep ascetic asinine attentive attenuate attenuated

Show 50 more words

Adjective(42 words)

base idle low pitiful silly simple sleek slim tin-pot wretched asinine ass bad balmy barmy bedaft belittling below par boneheaded broken

Show 22 more words

bum cheap chintzy chowderheaded cockamamie contemptible contemptuous contumelious crackpot crapperific crappo crappy craptabulous craptacular craptastic crummy daft dense deprecative derogative derpy despising

Noun(2 words)

offense belittlement

Verb(21 words)

abuse bagatellize banalize belittle bowl bung cast chuck chunk cold-shoulder contemn cook cut down dash de-emphasize degrade denigrate deprecate derogate despect

Show 1 more word

despise

Strong matches (202)

diaphanous dilute diluted diminish diminutive dinky disapprove of disconformity discount discredit disdain disgrace dishonor dismiss disparage disregard disrespect dodge dwarfed dwarfish

Show 104 more words

effeminate elide empty epidermal ethereal exiguous fail failure faint fat fatuous feeble fine fine drawn fine-drawn finespun first flimsy flout foolish forget fragile frail frangible fribble fribbling frivolous frothy frugal fudge futile gaseous gauzy gimcrack gimcracky girlish give no heed give the go-by gossamer gossamery gracile half pint half-pint hear nothing hit the high spots hold in contempt hold in derision humiliation idle ignorable ignore ignoring ill-treatment imperceptible impoverished inadequate inadvertence inadvertency inane inattention inconsequential indifference indignity infinitesimal injure inobservance insecure insignificant insipid insubstantial insult intangible jejune jerry jerry built jerry-built knee deep knee high knee-deep knee-high knock knock down laches lacy laissez faire laissez-faire lapse laugh at laugh to scorn laxity laxness lean leave well enough alone lenten let pass let well enough alone light lightweight limited look right through look the other way looseness make light of make little of

Adjective(51 words)

dim-headed dim-witted disdainful dismissive disrespectful dopey downy duffle-headed dull-headed dull-witted dumb duncical even fatuous flat flimsy foolish for the birds frictionless frivolous

Show 31 more words

Verb(23 words)

disdain disesteem disparage disrespect downplay dump feck flatten fling heave hield hoy huck hurl hurt hurtle jerk launch level lilliputianize

Show 3 more words

lob look down on make little of

Adjective(3 words)

flimsy fragile little

Noun(1 words)

ignoring

Related words (336)

Verb(40 words)

make nothing of minimize misrespect peck peg pick pitch play down precipitate project quoit scandal scathe scorn set at nought shy skew slag slag off sling

Show 20 more words

soss spite spurn superficialize take lightly thrill throw toss traject trivialize underestimate underplay understate vilipend warp whang whip whop wing wound

marginal meager mean meaningless mention miniature minimize minor minute miserly miss misty moderate mortify namby pamby namby-pamby narrow neglectfulness negligence nice

Show 193 more words

niggardly nodding nonadherence noncompliance nonconformance nonconformity nonfeasance nonfulfillment noninterference nonobservance nonperformance nonrestriction not attend not deep not heed not listen not notice nugacious nugatory off offence offend omission omit on the surface one horse one-horse otiose outrage outside overlook overlooking overpass oversight paltry papery parsimonious pass pass by pass over pass over lightly pass up pasteboardy pay no attention pay no attention to pay no mind perceptible permissiveness petite piddling pindling pint sized pint-sized pocket pocket-sized poky pooh pooh pooh-pooh poor poor stewardship precarious procrastination puny put down rare rarefied reedy reflect discredit upon refuse to acknowledge refuse to recognize remissness remote repulse rickety run down scamp scant scanty scoff scoff at scorn scout scrawny scrimp scrimpy see nothing set at defiance shallow shallow-rooted shattery shoal short silly sissified skim skim over skim the surface skimp skimpy skin deep skin-deep skip skip over slackness sleazy slenderish slight over slight-made slim slimmish slinky slubber over slur slur over small smallish sneer sniff snort snub spare sparing spartan speak ill of spurn spurning starvation stingy stinted straitened stunted submit to indignity subsistence subtile subtle superficial surface svelte sylphlike tacky the cold shoulder the go-by thin thin-bodied thin-set thin-spun think little of thinned thinned-out thinnish threadlike token touch upon touch upon lightly trace treat with contempt trifling trite trivial twiggy two-by-four uncompact uncompressed undersized unlikely unnourishing unnutritious unobservance unprofound unrigorousness unstable unsubstantial vacuous vague vain vapid vaporous vest-pocket wasp waisted wasp-waisted watered watered down watered-down watery weak wee willowy windy wink at wiredrawn wispy womanish wound

Adjective(75 words)

meager mean meaningless minor miserable modest mookish naive negligible nitty nondescript nothingburger paltry petty picayune picayunish piddling piddly pissant pointless

Show 55 more words

Noun(3 words)

neglect rebuff wound

Adjective(5 words)

slender slim svelte tenuous thin

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

2 relation types

form of

1 entries

slight

related to

1 entries

slight

More for "slights"

Meaning Antonyms Sentences Word Type

Keep exploring

Compare antonyms Use in sentences Read the blog

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.