Slight and Wrong

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Slight noun - An act or expression showing scorn and usually intended to hurt another's feelings.

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Wrong is a synonym for slight in matter topic. In some cases you can use "Wrong" instead a noun "Slight".

Wrong noun - Unfair or inadequate treatment of someone or something or an instance of this.

Usage example: trying to right all the wrongs in the world

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Slight is a synonym for wrong in matter topic. Sometimes you can use "Slight" instead a noun "Wrong", if it concerns topics such as offense.

particular	particular slight	particular wrong
shallow	shallow slight	shallow wrong
plain	plain slight	plain wrong
real	real slight	real wrong
Other adjectives: great, social, personal, possible, past, minor, mere, perceived.

A Kids in the Hall skit involves a date gone horribly wrong: Dave Foley's character develops a slight ear bleed which escalates alarmingly.

Source: High-Pressure Blood
In Ivan Vasilievich Changes Profession, the time machine gets a slight case of halberd stuck in it, trapping various characters in wrong eras.

Source: Phlebotinum Breakdown
Was he an annoying brat who thought he knew it all, repeatedly rubbed people the wrong way, went into a sulk at the smallest slight to his ego .

Source: Alternative Character Interpretation / Doctor Who

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