noun
- A deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval.
- synonyms: rebuff
verb
- Pay no attention to, disrespect.
- usage: "She cold-shouldered her ex-fiance"
- synonyms: cold-shoulder
adjective
- Quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with `a') at least some. (
- usage: "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"
- synonyms: little
- Lacking substance or significance.
- usage: "slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot"; a fragile claim to fame"
- Being of delicate or slender build.
- usage: "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"
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