TO SLIGHT OFF

Definition: TO SLIGHT OFF

TO SLIGHT OFF

1. To treat slightingly; to drive off; to remove. [R.] -- To slight over , to run over in haste; to perform superficially; to treat carelessly; as, to slight over a theme. ``They will but slight it over.'' --Bacon. Syn: To neglect; disregard; disdain; scorn. Usage: Slight , Neglect . To slight is stronger than to neglect. We may neglect a duty or person from inconsiderateness, or from being over-occupied in other concerns. To slight is always a positive and intentional act, resulting from feelings of dislike or contempt. We ought to put a kind construction on what appears neglect on the part of a friend; but when he slights us, it is obvious that he is our friend no longer. Beware . . . lest the like befall . . . If they transgress and slight that sole command. --Milton. This my long-sufferance, and my day of grace, Those who neglect and scorn shall never taste. --Milton.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Anagrams: TO SLIGHT OFF

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "f-f-g-h-i-l-o-o-s-t-t"
	-1 letter: footlights.
	-3 letters: foolfish, otoliths.
	-4 letters: flights, foolish, glottis, ologist, ooliths, otolith.
	-5 letters: fifths, fights, filths, flight, folios, gliffs, golosh, holist, igloos, isolog, lights, lithos, lottos, offish, oolith, slight, soffit, thiols, tholoi, tholos, tights, tilths, tooths.
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