Clues for the word "SLIGHT"
We've had 63 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 89 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on January 30, 2026.
Definition of slight
- n. - Sleight.
- v. t. - To overthrow; to demolish.
- v. t. - To make even or level.
- v. t. - To throw heedlessly.
- superl. - 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.
- superl. - Not stout or heavy; slender.
- superl. - Foolish; silly; weak in intellect.
- v. t. - To disregard, as of little value and unworthy of notice; to make light of; as, to slight the divine commands.
- n. - The act of slighting; the manifestation of a moderate degree of contempt, as by neglect or oversight; neglect; indignity.
- adv. - Slightly.
Referring Clues
- Snub
- Cold-shoulder
- Act of disrespect
- Not beefy
- Affront
- Minimal
- Treat with indifference
- Trivial
- Frail
- Small
- Negligible
- Paltry
- Insult
- Barely noticeable
- Trival
- Insignificant
- Unsubstantial
- Minor insult
- Flimsy
- Minor discourtesy
- Insult hardly worth mentioning
- Slender
- Superficial
- Minor - affront
- Fragile - thin
- Small and delicate
- The pound popped inside see as an insult
- Not much spare?
- Small - insult
- Snub - not much!
- Not much of an insult?
- See the figure in it is slim
- Not a major affront?
- Insult learner, in a sense
- Trifling - snub
- Inconsiderable - insult
- Rudeness is unimportant
- Small - that's how it's meant to make one feel
- Minor shows discourtesy
- Deliberate discourteous act
- Insult, affront
- Small son, delicate
- Insult lacking in substance
- Brush off
- Snub lacking in substance
- Such discourtesy is trivial
- Slim and delicate
- A little sun-beam
- See the figure entered is small
- Imperceptible
- See the pound slipped inside as an insult
- Meager
- Slur
- Not a serious affront?
- Slender and small, not weighing much
- Slim
- Not much spare?
- A little sun: fair
- Not much of an insult?
- Insult by ignoring
- Give the cold shoulder, say
- Being slim is of small importance
- Not a major affront?
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - January 30, 2026
- Daily Cryptic - December 25, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - December 08, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - November 11, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - September 16, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - August 14, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - June 21, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - June 03, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - February 15, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - December 25, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - December 08, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - December 06, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - November 22, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - August 02, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - May 31, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - May 09, 2024
- Family Time - April 01, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - March 04, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - December 25, 2023
- Daily Cryptic - December 08, 2023
- Evening Standard Cryptic - November 14, 2023
- Evening Standard Cryptic - August 15, 2023
- Daily Cryptic - June 21, 2023
- New York Times - April 04, 2023
- USA Today - March 08, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - March 03, 2023
- Daily Cryptic - December 25, 2022
- Daily Cryptic - December 08, 2022
- Evening Standard Cryptic - October 11, 2022
- Evening Standard Easy - July 22, 2022
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