Slight vs. Insult

Slightadjective

Small in amount, gentle, or weak; inconsiderable; unimportant; insignificant; not severe.

Slightadjective

Not stout or heavy; slender.

Slightadjective

(regional) Even, smooth or level; still (of the sea).

Slightadjective

(obsolete) Foolish; silly; weak in intellect.

Slightadjective

Bad, of poor quality (as goods).

Slightadjective

(dated) Slighting; treating with disdain.

Slightverb

(transitive) To treat as slight or not worthy of attention; to make light of.

Slightverb

(transitive) To give lesser weight or importance to.

Slightverb

(transitive) To treat with disdain or neglect, usually out of prejudice, hatred, or jealousy; to ignore disrespectfully.

Slightverb

(intransitive) To act negligently or carelessly.

Slightverb

To render no longer defensible by full or partial demolition.

Slightverb

(transitive) To make even or level.

Slightverb

(transitive) To throw heedlessly.

Slightnoun

The act of slighting; a deliberate act of neglect or discourtesy.

Slightnoun

(obsolete) Sleight.

Slightnoun

Sleight.

Slightnoun

The act of slighting; the manifestation of a moderate degree of contempt, as by neglect or oversight; neglect; indignity.

Slightverb

To overthrow; to demolish.

Slightverb

To make even or level.

Slightverb

To throw heedlessly.

Slightverb

To disregard, as of little value and unworthy of notice; to make light of; as, to slight the divine commands.

Slightadjective

Not decidedly marked; not forcible; inconsiderable; unimportant; insignificant; not severe; weak; gentle; - applied in a great variety of circumstances; as, a slight (i. e., feeble) effort; a slight (i. e., perishable) structure; a slight (i. e., not deep) impression; a slight (i. e., not convincing) argument; a slight (i. e., not thorough) examination; slight (i. e., not severe) pain, and the like.

Slightadjective

Not stout or heavy; slender.

Slightadjective

Foolish; silly; weak in intellect.

Slightadverb

Slightly.

Slightnoun

a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval)

Slightverb

pay no attention to, disrespect;

Slightadjective

having little substance or significance;

Slightadjective

almost no or (with `a') at least some; very little;

Slightadjective

being of delicate or slender build;

Insultverb

(transitive) To be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (somebody); to affront or demean (someone).

Insultverb

To behave in an obnoxious and superior manner (over or against someone).

Insultverb

To leap or trample upon; to make a sudden onset upon.

Insultnoun

An action or form of speech deliberately intended to be rude.

Insultnoun

Anything that causes offence/offense, e.g. by being of an unacceptable quality.

Insultnoun

(medicine) Something causing disease or injury to the body or bodily processes.

Insultnoun

(obsolete) The act of leaping on; onset; attack.

Insultnoun

The act of leaping on; onset; attack.

Insultnoun

Gross abuse offered to another, either by word or act; an act or speech of insolence or contempt; a deprecatory remark; an affront; an indignity.

Insultnoun

An injury to an organism; trauma; as, to produce an experimental insult to investigate healing processes.

Insultverb

To leap or trample upon; to make a sudden onset upon.

Insultverb

To treat with abuse, insolence, indignity, or contempt, by word or action; to abuse; as, to call a man a coward or a liar, or to sneer at him, is to insult him.

Insultverb

To leap or jump.

Insultverb

To behave with insolence; to exult.

Insultnoun

a rude expression intended to offend or hurt;

Insultnoun

a deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of an affront;

Insultverb

treat, mention, or speak to rudely;

Insult

An insult is an expression or statement (or sometimes behavior) which is disrespectful or scornful. Insults may be intentional or accidental.