Related / Similar Words:
rebuff, cold-shoulder, slender, slim, flimsy, tenuous, thin Definition: a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval);pay no attention to, disrespect; "She cold-shouldered her ex-fiance";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";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";having little substance or significance; "a flimsy excuse"; "slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot"; Hyponyms: snub, cut, cold shoulder, silent treatment Derivational Morphology:
cold-shoulder, rebuff, snub, repel, cut, cold shoulder
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