1. (adj) rebuff, slight
a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval)
2. (adj) little(a), slight
(quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with `a') at least some
"little rain fell in May"; "gave it little thought"; "little time is left"; "we still have little money"; "a little hope remained"; "there's slight chance that it will work"; "there's a slight chance it will work"
3. (adj) flimsy, fragile, slight, tenuous, thin
lacking substance or significance
"slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot"; a fragile claim to fame"
4. (verb) slender, slight, slim, svelte
being of delicate or slender build
"she was slender as a willow shoot is slender"- Frank Norris; "a slim girl with straight blonde hair"; "watched her slight figure cross the street"
5. (verb) slight, cold-shoulder
pay no attention to, disrespect
"She cold-shouldered her ex-fiance"
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Definition of 'slight' 
