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as in insulted
to cause hurt feelings or deep resentment in
the dancers felt slighted by the harsh comments of the judges
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2
as in isolated
to deliberately ignore or treat rudely
as a temp worker, she often feels slighted by the people she has to work with
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as in disrespected
to show contempt for
music critics who slight any style of music that doesn't fit their personal taste
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as in ignored
to fail to give proper attention to
slighted several major authors in her survey of 20th-century fiction
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Recent Examples of slighted
Jones, again, slighted the punt coverage with a 61-yard return to the Carolina 14-yard line.
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Mike Kaye
september 28, Charlotte Observer, 28 Sep. 2025
The former Michigan and San Diego State coach, simply put, has been slighted by the hall.
—Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Sep. 2025
While fans welcomed the news, some of the original cast members felt slighted by the timing.
—Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2025
Along with Immunis, the competing teams include a biotech company run by his best friend and several longevity clinics that felt slighted by Diamandis’s claims that Fountain Life is superior to its peers.
—Tad Friend, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
For years, Drake slighted Lamar in his music.
—Joe Mathews, The Mercury News, 13 Dec. 2024
As a result, they’re feeling slighted by the lack of appreciation and send a heated text your way.
—Lisa Stardust, People.com, 7 Dec. 2024
According to Min, NewJeans was plagiarized and slighted in favor of other HYBE girl groups, and she was retaliated against for protecting her band’s interests.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 28 Nov. 2024
The deference being shown to the Big Ten and SEC conferences isn’t sitting well with some outsiders, who feel they are being slighted by the CFP selection committee.
—Kevin Dotson, CNN, 19 Nov. 2024
Mike Kaye
september 28, Charlotte Observer, 28 Sep. 2025
The former Michigan and San Diego State coach, simply put, has been slighted by the hall.
—Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Sep. 2025
While fans welcomed the news, some of the original cast members felt slighted by the timing.
—Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2025
Along with Immunis, the competing teams include a biotech company run by his best friend and several longevity clinics that felt slighted by Diamandis’s claims that Fountain Life is superior to its peers.
—Tad Friend, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
For years, Drake slighted Lamar in his music.
—Joe Mathews, The Mercury News, 13 Dec. 2024
As a result, they’re feeling slighted by the lack of appreciation and send a heated text your way.
—Lisa Stardust, People.com, 7 Dec. 2024
According to Min, NewJeans was plagiarized and slighted in favor of other HYBE girl groups, and she was retaliated against for protecting her band’s interests.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 28 Nov. 2024
The deference being shown to the Big Ten and SEC conferences isn’t sitting well with some outsiders, who feel they are being slighted by the CFP selection committee.
—Kevin Dotson, CNN, 19 Nov. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slighted
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Her collectedness collapses as Johnson turns the joke into a physical act-out, becoming almost insulted that this earthquake dared to frighten her.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
15 Sep. 2025
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Last September, when news broke that another friend of Kraus’s, the journalist Olivia Nuzzi, had exchanged intimate texts with Kennedy, Kraus wrote a Substack post accusing Nuzzi of ensnaring Kennedy and insulted her looks on Instagram.—
Clare Malone,
New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2025
Verb
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At the time, central Appalachia was widely depicted in the popular press as a backward, ignorant region whose mountainous terrain kept its people isolated, outside the flow of progress – a stereotype still common today.—
The Conversation,
The Conversation,
7 Oct. 2025
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Ed’s mother was said to be a fanatically puritanical figure who isolated him from others, convinced the rest of society was evil.—
Emily Blackwood,
PEOPLE,
7 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Your husband overreacted and disrespected you, slapping food and mocking you.—
Virginia Chamlee,
PEOPLE,
22 Sep. 2025
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Even though many media members and fans have disrespected him by calling him a game manager, Hurts has continued to make plays.—
Evan Massey,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The litigation in that case resolved hundreds of lawsuits alleging the company ignored red flags while filling prescriptions for opioid pain medication.—
USA TODAY,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025
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Mun-ju doesn’t plan to fall for San-ho so quickly after her husband’s death, but the heightened emotion of life-or-death situations spur a sizzling chemistry and deep connection that cannot be ignored.—
Kayti Burt,
Time,
3 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Reporters in the Brady Room earlier this week were greeted by the meme on a loop; the vice president, addressing them on the shutdown, laughed at Democrats who were offended by the trope.—
David Weigel,
semafor.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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Of course, Potato Head shrugged when Roseanne Barr was fired by the same network – for a single tweet that offended a woman born in Iran.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
18 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Not in the response from the armed Palestinian group were other provisions detailing Gaza's future, including some Hamas has long rejected.—
Susan Page,
USA Today,
5 Oct. 2025
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Sancho rejected a contract offer at Manchester City to join Dortmund in 2017.—
Liam Tharme,
New York Times,
5 Oct. 2025
Verb
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But the Dolphins, who needed cornerback help, never forgot him, signing him just before the start of training camp.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
2 Oct. 2025
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Twice on Sunday, in the most important game of the season, Mets players forgot the count.—
Tim Britton,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The move outraged leading Democrats.—
Franco Ordoñez,
NPR,
2 Oct. 2025
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As if to prove the magnificent treasures within Paris now belonged to the German dictator, the statue of Great War French hero General Mangin—which outraged the Führer—was destroyed.—
Christopher C. Gorham
September 29,
Literary Hub,
29 Sep. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Slighted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slighted. Accessed 10 Oct. 2025.
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