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rebuff, slight
n. a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval)
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Adjectives (20)
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slight
adj. almost no or (with `a') at least some; very little; "there's slight chance that it will work"; "there's a slight chance it will work"
slight, little
adj. (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 hope remained"; "little time is left"; "we still have little money"; "a little hope remained"
slight, insubstantial
adj. having little substance or significance; "a flimsy excuse"; "slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot"
slight, almost no
adj. almost no or (with `a') at least some; very little; "there's slight chance that it will work"; "there's a slight chance it will work"
little(a), slight
adj. (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"
slight, sketchy
adj. almost no or (with `a') at least some; very little; "there's slight chance that it will work"; "there's a slight chance it will work"
slender, slight, slim, svelte
adj. 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"
flimsy, fragile, slight, tenuous, thin
adj. lacking substance or significance; "slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot"; a fragile claim to fame"
Fuzzynyms (31)
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indignity
n. an affront to one's dignity or self-esteem
scandalization, scandalisation
n. the condition of being shocked (as by improper behavior)
oversight, lapse
n. a mistake resulting from inattention
inconsiderable
adj. too small or unimportant to merit attention; "passed his life in an inconsiderable village"; "their duties were inconsiderable"; "had no inconsiderable influence"
small, little
adj. limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a little dining room"; "a little house"; "a small car"; "a little (or small) group"
fragile
adj. vulnerably delicate; "she has the fragile beauty of youth"
sparse, thin
adj. not dense; "a thin beard"; "trees were sparse"
delicate, fragile, frail
adj. easily broken or damaged or destroyed; "a kite too delicate to fly safely"; "fragile porcelain plates"; "fragile old bones"; "a frail craft"
short, little
adj. low in stature; not tall; "he was short and stocky"; "short in stature"; "a short smokestack"; "a little man"
trivial
adj. concerned with trivialities; "a trivial young woman"; "a trivial mind"
slender, slim
adj. small in quantity; "slender wages"; "a slim chance of winning"; "a small surplus"
tenuous
adj. very thin in gauge or diameter; "a tenuous thread"
slender, thin
adj. very narrow; "a thin line across the page"
light
adj. very thin and insubstantial; "thin paper"; "light summer dresses"
thin
adj. of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section; "thin wire"; "a thin chiffon blouse"; "a thin book"; "a thin layer of paint"
gracile, willowy
adj. slender and graceful
inconsiderable
adj. too small or unimportant to merit attention; "passed his life in an inconsiderable village"; "their duties were inconsiderable"; "had no inconsiderable influence"
fragile
adj. vulnerably delicate; "she has the fragile beauty of youth"
delicate, fragile, frail
adj. easily broken or damaged or destroyed; "a kite too delicate to fly safely"; "fragile porcelain plates"; "fragile old bones"; "a frail craft"
Synonyms (121)
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asthenic
adj. having a slender physique
any(a), whatever, whatsoever
adj. one or some or every or all without specification; "give me any peaches you don't want"; "not any milk is left"; "any child would know that"; "pick any card"; "any day now"; "cars can be rented at almost any airport"; "at twilight or any other time"; "beyond any doubt"; "need any help we can get"; "give me whatever peaches you don't want"; "no milk whatsoever is left"
several
adj. of an indefinite number more than 2 or 3 but not many: "several letters came in the mail"; "several people were injured in the accident"
anemic, anaemic
adj. lacking vigor or energy; "an anemic attempt to hit the baseball"
adynamic, asthenic, debilitated, enervated
adj. lacking strength or vigor
breakaway
adj. having separated or advocating separation from another entity or policy or attitude; "a breakaway faction"
faint, feeble
adj. lacking strength or vigor; "damning with faint praise"; "faint resistance"; "feeble efforts"; "a feeble voice"
feeble, lame
adj. pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness; "a feeble excuse"; "a lame argument"
jerry-built, shoddy
adj. of inferior workmanship and materials; "mean little jerry-built houses"
little, small
adj. (of a voice) faint; "a little voice"; "a still small voice"
namby-pamby, gutless, spineless, wishy-washy
adj. weak in willpower, courage or vitality
pale
adj. not full or rich; "high, pale, pure and lovely song"
wan
adj. lacking vitality as from weariness or illness or unhappiness; "a wan smile"
puny
adj. inferior in strength or significance; "a puny physique"; "puny excuses"
flimsy, fragile, slight, tenuous, thin
adj. lacking substance or significance; "slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot"; a fragile claim to fame"
thin
adj. (of sound) lacking resonance or volume; "a thin feeble cry"
vulnerable
adj. capable of being wounded or hurt; "vulnerable parts of the body"
washy
adj. overly diluted; thin and insipid; "washy coffee"; "watery milk"; "weak tea"
small(a)
adj. slight or limited; especially in degree or intensity or scope; "a series of death struggles with small time in between"
apparent(a), ostensible, seeming(a)
adj. appearing as such but not necessarily so; "for all his apparent wealth he had no money to pay the rent"; "the committee investigated some apparent discrepancies"; "the ostensible truth of their theories"; "his seeming honesty"
looking, sounding
adj. appearing to be as specified; usually used as combining forms; "left their clothes dirty looking"; "a most disagreeable looking character"; "angry-looking"; "liquid-looking"; "severe-looking policemen on noble horses"; "fine-sounding phrases"; "taken in by high-sounding talk"
dilettante, dilettantish, dilettanteish, sciolistic
adj. showing frivolous or superficial interest; amateurish; "his dilettantish efforts at painting"
facile
adj. arrived at without due care or effort; lacking depth; "too facile a solution for so complex a problem"
shallow
adj. lacking depth of intellect or knowledge; concerned only with what is obvious; "shallow people"; "his arguments seemed shallow and tedious"
potted
adj. (British informal) summarized or abridged; "a potted version of a novel"
skin-deep
adj. penetrating no deeper than the skin: "her beauty is only skin-deep"
anorexic, anorectic
adj. suffering from anorexia nervosa; pathologically thin
bladed
adj. composed of thin flat plates resembling a knife blade; "bladed arsenopyrite"
bony, cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted
adj. very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold; "emaciated bony hands"; "a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys"; "eyes were haggard and cavernous"; "small pinched faces"; "kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration"
compressed, flat
adj. flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes)
deep-eyed, hollow-eyed, sunken-eyed
adj. characteristic of the bony face of a cadaver
gangling, gangly, lanky
adj. tall and thin
lank, spindly
adj. long and lean
rawboned
adj. having a lean and bony physique; "a rawboned cow hand"
twiggy, twiglike
adj. thin as a twig
scarecrowish
adj. resembling a scarecrow in being thin and ragged; "a forlorn scarecrowish figure"
skinny
adj. of or relating to or resembling skin
shriveled, shrivelled, shrunken
adj. reduced in efficacy or vitality or intensity; "our shriveled receipts during the storm"; "as the project wore on she found her enthusiasm shriveled"; "the dollar's shrunken buying power"
slender-waisted, slim-waisted, wasp-waisted
adj. having a small waist
spare, trim
adj. thin and fit; "the spare figure of a marathon runner"; "a body kept trim by exercise"
spindle-legged, spindle-shanked
adj. having long slender legs
wiry
adj. of hair that resembles wire in stiffness; "wiry red hair"
wisplike, wispy
adj. thin and weak; "a wispy little fellow with small hands and feet"- Edmund Wilson
shriveled, shrivelled, shrunken, withered, wizen, wizened
adj. lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness; "the old woman's shriveled skin"; "he looked shriveled and ill"; "a shrunken old man"; "a lanky scarecrow of a man with withered face and lantern jaws"-W.F.Starkie; "he did well despite his withered arm"; "a wizened little man with frizzy grey hair"
anemic, anaemic
adj. lacking vigor or energy; "an anemic attempt to hit the baseball"
adynamic, asthenic, debilitated, enervated
adj. lacking strength or vigor
breakaway
adj. having separated or advocating separation from another entity or policy or attitude; "a breakaway faction"
faint, feeble
adj. lacking strength or vigor; "damning with faint praise"; "faint resistance"; "feeble efforts"; "a feeble voice"
feeble, lame
adj. pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness; "a feeble excuse"; "a lame argument"
slight, insubstantial
adj. having little substance or significance; "a flimsy excuse"; "slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot"
jerry-built, shoddy
adj. of inferior workmanship and materials; "mean little jerry-built houses"
little, small
adj. (of a voice) faint; "a little voice"; "a still small voice"
namby-pamby, gutless, spineless, wishy-washy
adj. weak in willpower, courage or vitality
pale
adj. not full or rich; "high, pale, pure and lovely song"
wan
adj. lacking vitality as from weariness or illness or unhappiness; "a wan smile"
puny
adj. inferior in strength or significance; "a puny physique"; "puny excuses"
thin
adj. (of sound) lacking resonance or volume; "a thin feeble cry"
vulnerable
adj. capable of being wounded or hurt; "vulnerable parts of the body"
washy
adj. overly diluted; thin and insipid; "washy coffee"; "watery milk"; "weak tea"
Antonyms (7)
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solid, substantial, sturdy
adj. of good quality and condition; solidly built; "a solid foundation"; "several substantial timber buildings"
abundant
adj. present in great quantity; "an abundant supply of water"
much(a)
adj. (quantifier used with mass nouns) great in quantity or degree or extent; "not much rain"; "much affection"; "much grain is in storage"
much
adj. (used with mass nouns) great in quantity or degree or extent: "not much rain"; "much affection"; "much grain is in storage"
fat
adj. having an (over)abundance of flesh; "he hadn't remembered how fat she was"
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