different between flighten vs slighten
flighten
English
Verb
flighten
- (Chinese) Pronunciation spelling of frighten.
- (Chinese) Pronunciation spelling of frightened.
See also
- catchee
- debbil
- evely
- likee
- makee
- shootée
- velly
Anagrams
- flingeth
flighten From the web:
slighten
English
Etymology
From slight +? -en. Related to German schlichten (“to smoothen”). More at slight.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sla?.t?n/
Verb
slighten (third-person singular simple present slightens, present participle slightening, simple past and past participle slightened)
- (transitive, intransitive) To make or become slight; make or become less pronounced, less noticeable, or less obvious.
- (transitive) To slight.
- 1603, Ben Jonson, Sejanus His Fall
- It is an odious wisdom to blaspheme,
Much more to slighten, or deny their powers
- It is an odious wisdom to blaspheme,
- 1603, Ben Jonson, Sejanus His Fall
- (transitive, regional) To level out, smooth, or flatten.
References
- The Dictionary of the Scots Language
Anagrams
- enlights, lightens, slingeth
slighten From the web:
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