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slight⋅ing

  [slahy-ting]
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–adjective
derogatory and disparaging; belittling.
Origin:
1605–15; slight + -ing 2

Related forms:
slight⋅ing⋅ly, adverb
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slight

  [slahyt] adjective, -er, -est, verb, noun
–adjective
1. small in amount, degree, etc.: a slight increase; a slight odor.
2. of little importance, influence, etc.; trivial: a slight cut.
3. slender or slim; not heavily built.
4. frail; flimsy; delicate: a slight fabric.
5. of little substance or strength.
–verb (used with object)
6. to treat as of little importance.
7. to treat (someone) with indifference; ignore, esp. pointedly or contemptuously; snub: to be slighted by society.
8. to do negligently; scamp: to slight one's studies.
–noun
9. an act or instance of slighting indifference or treatment: Slights marred his work.
10. a pointed and contemptuous discourtesy; affront: She considered not being invited an unforgivable slight.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME (adj.) smooth, sleek, slender; cf. OE -sliht- in eorth-slihtes even with ground; c. G schlicht, ON slēttr, Goth slaihts smooth

Related forms:
slighter, noun
slightly, adverb
slightness, noun

Synonyms:
2. insignificant, trifling, paltry. 3. See slender. 4. weak, feeble, fragile. 5. unsubstantial, inconsiderable. 6. disdain, scorn. Slight, disregard, neglect, overlook mean to pay no attention or too little attention to someone or something. To slight is to give only superficial attention to something important: to slight one's work. To disregard is to pay no attention to a person or thing: to disregard the rules; in some circumstances, to disregard may be admirable: to disregard a handicap. To neglect is to shirk paying sufficient attention to a person or thing: to neglect one's correspondence. To overlook is to fail to see someone or something (possibly because of carelessness): to overlook a bill that is due. 9. neglect, disregard, inattention; disdain, scorn. 10. See insult.

Antonyms:
1. considerable.
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slight   (slīt)   
adj.   slight·er, slight·est

  1. Small in size, degree, or amount: a slight tilt; a slight surplus.

  2. Lacking strength, substance, or solidity; frail: a slight foundation; slight evidence.

  3. Of small importance or consideration; trifling: slight matters.

  4. Small and slender in build or construction; delicate.

tr.v.   slight·ed, slight·ing, slights

  1. To treat as of small importance; make light of.

  2. To treat with discourteous reserve or inattention.

  3. To do negligently or thoughtlessly; scant.

n.  

  1. The act or an instance of slighting.

  2. A deliberate discourtesy; a snub: "It is easier to recount grievances and slights than it is to set down a broad redress of such grievances and slights" (Elizabeth Kenny).


[Middle English, slender, smooth, possibly of Scandinavian origin; see lei- in Indo-European roots.]
slight'ness n.
slight·ing   (slī'tĭng)   
adj.  Conveying or constituting a slight; belittling: a slighting look.
slight'ing·ly adv.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

slight  (adj.)
from an O.Scand. source akin to O.N. slettr "smooth, sleek," from P.Gmc. *slikhtaz (cf. O.S. slicht; Low Ger. slicht "smooth, plain common;" O.E. -sliht "level," attested in eorðslihtes "level with the ground;" O.Fris. sliucht, M.Du. sleht, O.H.G. sleht, Goth. slaihts "smooth"), probably from a collateral form of PIE base *sleig- "to smooth, glide." Sense evolution is from "level" to "smooth, sleek" (c.1300), to "slender, weak" (1393), to "trifling, inferior" (1548). The verb sense of "treat with indifference" is first recorded 1597, from the adj. sense of "having little worth." Sense of Ger. cognate schlecht developed from "smooth, plain, simple" to "bad," and as it did it was replaced in the original senses by schlicht, a back-formation from schlichten "to smooth, to plane," a derivative of schlecht in the old sense.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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