slight – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of slight

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to slight
Participle: slighted
Gerund: slighting

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Islight
youslight
he;she;itslights
weslight
youslight
theyslight

Perfect

Ihave slighted
youhave slighted
he;she;ithas slighted
wehave slighted
youhave slighted
theyhave slighted

Past

Islighted
youslighted
he;she;itslighted
weslighted
youslighted
theyslighted

Pluperfect

Ihad slighted
youhad slighted
he;she;ithad slighted
wehad slighted
youhad slighted
theyhad slighted

Future

Iwill slight
youwill slight
he;she;itwill slight
wewill slight
youwill slight
theywill slight

Future Perfect

Iwill have slighted
youwill have slighted
he;she;itwill have slighted
wewill have slighted
youwill have slighted
theywill have slighted

Subjunctive

Present

Islight
youslight
he;she;itslight
weslight
youslight
theyslight

Perfect

Ihave slighted
youhave slighted
he;she;ithave slighted
wehave slighted
youhave slighted
theyhave slighted

Imperfect

Islighted
youslighted
he;she;itslighted
weslighted
youslighted
theyslighted

Pluperfect

Ihad slighted
youhad slighted
he;she;ithad slighted
wehad slighted
youhad slighted
theyhad slighted

Conditional

Present

Iwould slight
youwould slight
he;she;itwould slight
wewould slight
youwould slight
theywould slight

Perfect

Iwould have slighted
youwould have slighted
he;she;itwould have slighted
wewould have slighted
youwould have slighted
theywould have slighted

Imperative

youslight
weLet's slight
youslight

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam slighting
youare slighting
he;she;itis slighting
weare slighting
youare slighting
theyare slighting

Perfect

Ihave been slighting
youhave been slighting
he;she;ithas been slighting
wehave been slighting
youhave been slighting
theyhave been slighting

Past

Iwas slighting
youwere slighting
he;she;itwas slighting
wewere slighting
youwere slighting
theywere slighting

Pluperfect

Ihad been slighting
youhad been slighting
he;she;ithad been slighting
wehad been slighting
youhad been slighting
theyhad been slighting

Future

Iwill be slighting
youwill be slighting
he;she;itwill be slighting
wewill be slighting
youwill be slighting
theywill be slighting

Future Perfect

Iwill have been slighting
youwill have been slighting
he;she;itwill have been slighting
wewill have been slighting
youwill have been slighting
theywill have been slighting

Conditional

Present

Iwould be slighting
youwould be slighting
he;she;itwould be slighting
wewould be slighting
youwould be slighting
theywould be slighting

Perfect

Iwould have been slighting
youwould have been slighting
he;she;itwould have been slighting
wewould have been slighting
youwould have been slighting
theywould have been slighting

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'slight'

abandon, abduct, abear, aberr, abject, abord, abort, abound, abraid, abray, abrook, abscind, abscond, absist, absorb, abstain, abstract, accend, accent, accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'slight'

alight, blight, flight, light, plight, sight, spight, stight, adight, aright,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

to hurt the feelings of; to displease; to make angry; to insult
abuse, affront, burn, carry, cut down, dis, diss, give stick, heckle, hurt someone's feelings, insult, lapidate, misbid, misrespect, misuse, offend, sledge, sneap, wound

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

From Middle English slight (“bad, of poor quality, unimportant, trivial, slender, slim, smooth, level”), from Old English sliht (“smooth, level”), from Proto-Germanic *slihtaz (“slippery, flat, level, plain”), related to English slick. Cognate with Scots slicht (“bad, of poor quality”), West Frisian sljocht (“smooth, level, plain, simple”), Dutch slecht (“bad”), Low German slecht (“bad”), German schlecht (“bad”) and schlicht (“plain, artless, natural”), Danish slet (“bad, evil, poor, nasty, wrong”), Swedish slät (“smooth”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk slett (“even”), Icelandic sléttur (“even, smooth, level”). See: English 'slick', Scots 'slicht'.

Sample Sentences

  • [...] for the seat of Government, as a means of averting the conflicting jealousies and interests of the different States; and very probably, too, as being remote from mobs: a consideration not to be slighted, even in America. It has no trade or commerce of its own: having little or no population beyond the President and his establishment; the members of the legislature who reside there during the [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)