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View synonyms for slighting

slighting

[ slahy-ting ]

adjective

  1. derogatory and disparaging; belittling.


slighting

/ ˈslaɪtɪŋ /

adjective

  1. characteristic of a slight; disparaging; disdainful

    in a slighting manner



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Derived Forms

  • ˈslightingly, adverb

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Other Words From

  • slighting·ly adverb

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Word History and Origins

Origin of slighting1

First recorded in 1605–15; slight + -ing 2

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Example Sentences

Phœbe Chiffinch, I am glad to add, was jilted by her uninteresting lover, who little knew what a fortune he was slighting.

The latter drew slighting comparisons, and remembered that he was the only one who ever apologised.

She puts her chair aside and turns to the steps, adding, with slighting composure, as she passes Crampton.

She sits down with slighting indifference, at the end of the table nearest the window.

A young man slighting the lovely heroine of the little comedy and making love to her grandmother!

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