When used as a verb, the word slight means paying no attention to or disrespect or treating someone without proper respect or attention. Different forms of the verb slight are given below.
Present Form: Slight (Third person singular slights)
Past Form: Slighted
Past Participle: Slighted
Present Participle: Slighting
Example Conjugation with Slight
Slight Simple Past Tense
- I slighted.
- It/He/She slighted.
- We/They/You slighted.
Slight Simple Present Tense
- I slight.
- It/He/She slights.
- We/They/You slight.
Slight Simple Future Tense
- I will slight.
- It/He/She will slight.
- We/They/You will slight.
Slight Past Continuous Tense
- I was slighting.
- It/He/She was slighting.
- We/They/You were slighting.
Slight Present Continuous Tense
- I am slighting.
- It/He/She is slighting.
- We/They/You are slighting.
Slight Future Continuous Tense
- I will be slighting.
- It/He/She will be slighting.
- We/They/You will be slighting.
Slight Past Perfect Tense
- I had Slighted.
- It/He/She had slighted.
- We/They/You had slighted.
Slight Present Perfect Tense
- I have slighted.
- It/He/She has slighted.
- We/They/You have slighted.
Slight Future Perfect Tense
- I will have slighted.
- It/He/She will have slighted.
- We/They/You will have slighted.
Slight Past Perfect Continuous Tense
- I had been slighting.
- It/He/She had been slighting.
- We/They/You had been slighting.
Slight Present Perfect Continuous Tense
- I have been slighting.
- It/He/She has been slighting.
- We/They/You have been slighting.
Slight Future Perfect Continuous Tense
- I will have been slighting.
- It/He/She will have been slighting.
- We/They/You will have been slighting.
Synonyms of the Verb Slight
- Insult
- Rebuff
- Repulse
- Ignore
- Spurn
- Snub
Antonyms of the Verb Slight
- Respect
- Welcome
Other Words from slight
Adjective: slight
Adverb: slightly
Noun: slightness
Slight Verb in a Sentence
- I felt slighted when she invited everyone but me to her birthday party.
- I didn’t mean to slight her.
- His family slighted us.
- I felt slighted because she didn’t consult me adequately.
- The student was warned not to slight any other student.
- You shouldn’t slight any man even if he is very poor.
- My friend felt slighted because he hadn’t been contacted.
- Did he slight you?
- The man started slighting her after she failed to bring lunch on time.