think little of something Definition

little
adj littler, littlest

1. Small in size, extent or amount.

Thesaurus: small, diminutive, tiny, miniature, dwarfish, elfin; infinitesimal, minuscule, imperceptible; limited, slight, insufficient, cramped.
2. Young; younger.

Example: a little girl
Example: her little brother
3. Small in importance.

Example: a little mishap
4. Trivial or petty.

Example: a little misunderstanding
Example: a little disagreement
Thesaurus: insignificant, petty, unimportant, trivial.
5. Used as a way of detracting from a potentially disparaging implication: not troublesome.

Example: funny little ways
6. Small-minded or mean.

Example: He's a little liar

adverb

less, least
1. Not much or at all.

Example: They little understood the implications

pronoun

1. Not much.

Example: little to be gained from that course of action

Idiom: a little

Note: with a noun such as bit, while, way understood but not expressed
A small amount.
Example: do a little to help out

A short time.
Example: He'll be here in a little

A short distance.
Example: down the road a little

A small degree or extent.
Example: run around a little to keep warm

Idiom: little by little

Gradually; by degrees.

Idiom: make little of something

To treat it as unimportant or trivial.

To understand only a little of it.

Idiom: think little of something or someone

To have a low opinion of it or them; to disapprove of it or them.

Idiom: not a little

Very. See also less, lesser, least.
Example: He was not a little upset

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon lytel.

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think
verb thought, thinking

tr & intr
1a. To have or form ideas in the mind;

Thesaurus: cogitate, muse, deliberate, ruminate, meditate, ponder, consider, reflect.
Form: think about something (often)
tr & intr
1b. To have it as a thought in one's mind.

Thesaurus: study, ponder, consider, contemplate, examine, evaluate.
Form: think about something (often)
tr & intr
2. To consider, judge or believe them or it.

Example: I thought you were kidding!
Example: They think of themselves as great singers
Thesaurus: believe, be convinced, hold, deem.
Form: think of someone (often)
Form: think of something
tr & intr
3. To intend or plan it; to form an idea of it.

Example: think about going to London
Example: couldn't think of being so unkind
Example: think no harm
Form: think of something (often)
Form: think about something
tr & intr
4. To imagine, expect or suspect it.

Example: I didn‘t think there would be any trouble
Form: think of something (often)
5. To keep them or it in one's mind; to consider them or it.

Example: think of the children first
Form: think of someone (usually)
Form: think of something
tr & intr
6a. To remember it;

Example: couldn't think of his name
Form: think of something (usually)
Form: think to do something
tr & intr
6b. To consider it.

Example: I didn't think to tell her
Form: think of something (usually)
Form: think to do something
7. To form or have an idea about it.

Example: think of a plan
Form: think of something (often)
8. To have one's mind full of something.
9. To bring someone or something into a specified condition by thinking.

Example: tried to think himself thin

noun

1. colloq
An act of thinking.
Example: have a good think

Derivative: thinker
noun

Someone who thinks, especially deeply and constructively or in a specified way.

Idiom: think better of something or someone

To change one's mind about it or them on further thought.

To think that they would not be so bad as to do something wrong.
Example: I thought better of him than that

Idiom: think highly of someone (think well of someone, think badly etc of someone)

To have a high, good or bad, etc opinion of them.

Idiom: think little of something (not think much of something)

To have a very low opinion of it.

Idiom: think twice

To hesitate before doing something; to decide in the end not to do it.

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon thencan.

Phrasal Verb: think something out

To consider or plan it carefully.To solve a problem by thinking about all the aspects of it.

Phrasal Verb: think something over

To consider all the advantages and disadvantages of an action or decision, etc; to reflect on it.

Phrasal Verb: think something through

To think carefully about all the possible consequences of a plan or idea, etc, especially so as to reach a conclusion as to its wisdom or value.

Phrasal Verb: think something up

To invent or devise it.