slighter
Less substantial than
Slighter is the comparative form of slight, meaning more slim, more minor, or more insignificant.
If one person has a slighter build than another, they are thinner or more delicate in frame.
A slighter difference is one that matters less or is harder to detect.
The newer model showed only a slighter improvement than we'd hoped.
The word can also describe someone who slights others, though this use is uncommon.
Thin and graceful
Lower in degree
Deliberate dismissive rejection
- rebuffAbrupt, curt rejection
- affrontDeliberate public insult
- disrespectLack of regard
- put-downDisparaging remark
dismissal · brush-off · cold shoulder · disdain · contempt · scorn · rudeness · discourtesy
slender
Thin and graceful
lighter · smaller · frailer · wispier · daintier · narrower · finer
lesser
Lower in degree
snub
Deliberate dismissive rejection
- rebuffAbrupt, curt rejection
- affrontDeliberate public insult
- disrespectLack of regard
put-down · dismissal · brush-off · cold shoulder · disdain · contempt · scorn · rudeness · discourtesy · offense
- not in the slightestComplete emphatic denial
- slightly drunkMildly intoxicated condition
- slightly open
- slight tremor
- slight nod
- slightly annoyed
slight, slightly, slightest, slighting, slighted, slights, slightness