Slight
Crossword Clue and Answers

Today we have 33 crossword solutions for Slight which appeared recently in The Guardian Quick.

We have deemed Slight as a VERY COMMON crossword clue, we've seen it more than 33 times in a variety of crossword publications.

The most recent answer we found for this clue is "SLIM".

Publications

  • The Guardian Quick - Monday, 9 Aug 2021
  • The Guardian Quick - Tuesday, 13 Jul 2021
  • The New York Times Crossword - Wednesday, 14 Apr 2021
  • Evening Standard Quick Crossword - Tuesday, 16 Mar 2021
  • USA Today - Monday, 8 Feb 2021
  • The Guardian Quick - Thursday, 21 Jan 2021
  • Irish Independent - Simple - Wednesday, 20 Jan 2021
  • Irish Independent - Simple - Tuesday, 19 Jan 2021
  • Evening Standard Quick Crossword - Wednesday, 2 Sep 2020
  • The New York Times Crossword - Tuesday, 17 Jul 2018
  • The New York Times Crossword - Thursday, 12 Oct 2017
  • The New York Times Crossword - Saturday, 15 Jul 2017

Crossword Answers

3 letters

DIS
God of the underworld; counterpart of Greek Pluto

4 letters

SLIM
Take off weight

SLUR
A blemish made by dirt; "he had a smudge on his cheek"

THIN
Take off weight

MERE
Being nothing more than specified; "a mere child"

SNUB
An instance of driving away or warding off

5 letters

SCANT
Supply sparingly and with restricted quantities; "sting with the allowance"

MINOR
A young person of either sex; "she writes books for children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British term for youngster"

TOKEN
Something of sentimental value

SMALL
The slender part of the back

6 letters

INSULT
A deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of deliberate disrespect; "turning his back on me was a deliberate insult"

PALTRY
Contemptibly small in amount; "a measly tip"; "the company donated a miserable $100 for flood relief"; "a paltry wage"; "almost depleted his miserable store of dried beans"

MEASLY
Contemptibly small in amount; "a measly tip"; "the company donated a miserable $100 for flood relief"; "a paltry wage"; "almost depleted his miserable store of dried beans"

PETITE
A garment size for short or slender women

IGNORE
Be ignorant of or in the dark about

SVELTE
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"

REBUFF
A deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval)

LITTLE
(of children and animals) young, immature; "what a big little boy you are"; "small children"

FLIMSY
Not convincing; "unconvincing argument"; "as unconvincing as a forced smile"

7 letters

FRAGILE
Easily broken or damaged or destroyed; "a kite too delicate to fly safely"; "fragile porcelain plates"; "fragile old bones"; "a frail craft"

TENUOUS
Lacking substance or significance; "slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot"; a fragile claim to fame"

SLENDER
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"

NEGLECT
Willful lack of care and attention

MINIMAL
The least possible; "needed to enforce minimal standards"; "her grades were minimal"; "minimum wage"; "a minimal charge for the service"

AFFRONT
A deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of deliberate disrespect; "turning his back on me was a deliberate insult"

TRIVIAL
(informal) small and of little importance; "a fiddling sum of money"; "a footling gesture"; "our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war"; "a little (or small) matter"; "a dispute over niggling details"; "limited to petty enterprises"; "piffling efforts"; "giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction"

8 letters

TRIFLING
The deliberate act of delaying and playing instead of working

MARGINAL
At or constituting a border or edge; "the marginal strip of beach"

PINTSIZE

9 letters

DEXTERITY
Adroitness in using the hands

ASPERSION
The act of sprinkling water in baptism (rare)

12 letters

COLDSHOULDER
A refusal to recognize someone you know; "the snub was clearly intentional"

13 letters

INSIGNIFICANT
Of little importance or influence or power; of minor status; "a minor, insignificant bureaucrat"; "peanut politicians"