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| Main Entry: | slight |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | insult, disrespect |
| Synonyms: | affront, cold shoulder*, contempt, cut, discourtesy, disdain, disregard, inattention, indifference, kick, neglect, put-down*, rebuff, rejection, snub, brush-off, call-down, slap in the face |
| Antonyms: | compliment, praise, respect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | slight |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | offend, insult |
| Synonyms: | affront, brush off, chill, contemn, cool*, cut*, despise, discount, disdain, disparage, disregard, fail, flout, forget, ignore, neglect, omit, overlook, pooh-pooh*, reject, scoff, scorn, shrug off, skip, slur, sneeze at*, snub, upstage, blink at, give the brush, give the cold shoulder to, make light of, not give time of day, show disrespect, treat with contempt, turn deaf ear to |
| Antonyms: | compliment, flatter, praise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | slight |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | insignificant, small |
| Synonyms: | fat, feeble, insubstantial, meager, minor, modest, negligible, off, outside, paltry, petty, piddling, remote, scanty, slender, slim, sparse, superficial, trifling, trivial, unessential, unimportant, weak, inconsiderable |
| Antonyms: | big, great, important, large, significant |
| Main Entry: | slight |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | thin, small in build |
| Synonyms: | attenuate, dainty, delicate, feeble, flimsy, fragile, frail, light, shadow, skeleton, skinny, slender, slim, spare, stick, broomstick, reedy, twiggy |
| Antonyms: | chubby, fat, large, tall, thick |
| Main Entry: | affront |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | an insult |
| Synonyms: | abuse, indignity, injury, left-handed compliment*, offense, outrage, provocation, put-down*, slap*, slight, slur, vexation, wrong, backhanded compliment, brickbat, dirty deed, slap in the face |
| Notes: | effrontery means shameless boldness or insulting presumptuousness while an affront is a deliberately offensive act or open insult |
| Antonyms: | appeasement, compliment, pleasantry |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | affront |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | insult or involve in entanglement |
| Synonyms: | abuse, anger, annoy, confront, criticize, displease, encounter, face, give the cold shoulder*, meet, offend, outrage, pique, provoke, put down*, slander, slight, taunt, vex, dispraise, dump on, give a zinger, hit where one lives |
| Antonyms: | appease, assuage, compliment, gratify, mollify, placate, please, satisfy, soothe |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | brush aside/brush off |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ignore; refuse |
| Synonyms: | boycott, contradict, cut, deny, disclaim, dismiss, disown, disregard, get rid of, ostracize, override, rebuff, reject, repudiate, scorn, slight, snub, spurn, cold-shoulder*, have no time for, send away, sweep aside |
| Antonyms: | attend, see, pay attention |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cursory |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | casual, hasty |
| Synonyms: | brief, careless, desultory, fast, half-baked*, haphazard, hit or miss*, hurried, offhand, passing, perfunctory, quick, random, rapid, shallow, short, sketchy, slapdash, slight, sloppy, speedy, summary, superficial, swift, uncritical, depthless, half-assed |
| Antonyms: | complete, meticulous, painstaking, perfect, thorough, unhurried |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | default |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | failure; want |
| Synonyms: | absence, blemish, blunder, dearth, defect, deficiency, delinquency, dereliction, disregard, error, fault, imperfection, inadequacy, insufficiency, lack, lapse, miss, neglect, nonpayment, offense, omission, oversight, privation, shortcoming, slight, transgression, vice, weakness, wrongdoing, overlooking |
| Antonyms: | advantage, payment, perfection, satisfaction, success |
| Main Entry: | defy |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | challenge, frustrate |
| Synonyms: | baffle, beard, brave, confront, contemn, dare, defeat, deride, despise, disregard, elude, face, flout, foil, front, gibe*, hang tough*, ignore, insult, mock, oppose, provoke, repel, repulse, resist, ridicule, scorn, slight, spurn, stick*, thwart, venture, violate, withstand, fly in face of, hurl defiance at, make my day, outdare, stick fast, take one on |
| Antonyms: | give in, obey, surrender, yield |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | despise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | look down on |
| Synonyms: | abhor, abominate, contemn, deride, detest, disdain, disregard, eschew, execrate, flout, hate, loathe, neglect, put down*, reject, renounce, repudiate, revile, scorn, shun, slight, snub, spurn, undervalue, wipe out*, allergic to, feel contempt for, have no use for, look down nose at, misprize |
| Antonyms: | admire, appreciate, cherish, like, love |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | disdain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | scorn |
| Synonyms: | abhor, belittle, chill, contemn, deride, despise, disregard, hate, ignore, look down on, pooh-pooh*, put down*, refuse, reject, scout, slight, spurn, undervalue, be allergic to, look down nose at, misprize, sneer at |
| Antonyms: | admire, approve, esteem, favor, praise, respect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | disgrace |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | state of shame; bad reputation |
| Synonyms: | abasement, abuse, baseness, black eye*, blemish, blur, brand, comedown, contempt, contumely, corruption, debasement, defamation, degradation, derision, discredit, disfavor, dishonor, disrepute, disrespect, humiliation, ignominy, infamy, meanness, obloquy, odium, opprobrium, pollution, prostitution, put-down, reproach, scandal, scorn, slander, slight, slur, spot, stain, stigma, taint, tarnish, turpitude, venality, culpability, debasing, disbarment, disesteem, humbling, ill repute, ingloriousness |
| Antonyms: | esteem, exaltation, honor, respect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dishonor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | state of shame |
| Synonyms: | abasement, abuse, affront, blame, degradation, discourtesy, discredit, disfavor, disgrace, disrepute, ignominy, indignity, infamy, insult, obloquy, odium, offense, opprobrium, outrage, reproach, scandal, slight, disesteem |
| Antonyms: | credit, esteem, honor |
| Main Entry: | disoblige |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | displease, annoy |
| Synonyms: | affront, bother, discommode, disturb, inconvenience, insult, offend, put out, slight, trouble, upset, vex, incommode, put about |
| Antonyms: | agree, oblige, please |
| Main Entry: | disregard |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ignoring |
| Synonyms: | apathy, contempt, disdain, disfavor, disrespect, inadvertence, inattention, indifference, lassitude, lethargy, listlessness, neglect, neglecting, negligence, oblivion, omission, omitting, oversight, scorn, slight, slighting, unconcern, brush-off, disesteem, disinterest, forgetting, heedlessness, insouciance, overlooking, the cold shoulder, unmindfulness |
| Antonyms: | attention, esteem, honor, note, regard, respect |
| Main Entry: | disregard |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ignore; make light of |
| Synonyms: | brush aside, brush off, contemn, despise, discount, disdain, disobey, disparage, fail, forget, miss, neglect, omit, overlook, overpass, pass over, pooh-pooh*, scorn, slight, snub, blink at, brush away, cold-shoulder*, have no use for, laugh off, leave out of account, let go, let off easy, let pass, live with, look the other way, pay no attention to, pay no heed to, pay no mind, shut eyes to, take no notice of, tune out, turn a blind eye, turn a deaf ear, vilipend, wink at* |
| Antonyms: | attend, esteem, note, regard, respect, pay attention |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | elfin |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | mischievous; small |
| Synonyms: | delicate, devilish, disobedient, elfish, frolicsome, impish, little, minute, naughty, petite, playful, puckish, puny, slight, sprightly, tiny, misbehaving, prankish, rascally |
| Main Entry: | error |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mistake; wrong |
| Synonyms: | absurdity, blunder, boner*, delinquency, delusion, deviation, erratum, failure, fall, fallacy, falsehood, falsity, fault, faux pas, flaw, glitch, goof*, inaccuracy, lapse, misconception, miscue, misdeed, miss, misstep, misunderstanding, offense, omission, oversight, sin, slight, slip, slipup, solecism, stumble, transgression, trespass, untruth, wrongdoing, X*, bad job, boo-boo, howler, misapprehension, misbelief, miscalculation, misjudgment, mismanagement, screamer, screw-up |
| Antonyms: | accuracy, certainty, correction, right, truth, validity |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | excusable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | allowable |
| Synonyms: | all right, defensible, explainable, fair, forgivable, justifiable, minor, moderate, okay, pardonable, passable, permissible, plausible, reasonable, slight, specious, temperate, tenable, trivial, understandable, venial, condonable, exculpatory, not too bad, remittable, reprievable, vindicable, vindicatory, warrantable, within limits |
| Antonyms: | inexcusable, unforgivable, unjustifiable, blameable, unallowable |
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