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| NOUN: | 1. An act that offends a person's sense of pride or dignity: affront, contumely, despite, indignity, insult, offense, outrage. Idioms: slap in the face. See ATTACK. 2. An act or instance of neglecting: disregard, neglect, oversight. See CARE FOR, CONCERN. | | VERB: | 1. To think, represent, or speak of as small or unimportant: belittle, decry, denigrate, deprecate, depreciate, derogate, detract, discount, disparage, downgrade, minimize, run down, talk down. Idioms: make light (or little) of. See ATTACK, SHOW. 2. To refuse to pay attention to (a person); treat with contempt: disregard, ignore, neglect. Regional : igg. See CONCERN, THOUGHTS. 3. To fail to care for or give proper attention to: disregard, ignore, neglect. See CARE FOR, CONCERN. | | ADJECTIVE: | 1. Of small intensity: gentle, light2, moderate, soft. See STRONG. 2. Small in degree, especially of probability: faint, negligible, outside, remote, slender, slim. See BIG.
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