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slighting

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of slighting

intended to make a person or thing seem of little importance or value

slighting remarks about the general lack of musical talent among the contestants

Synonyms of slighting

belittling, contemptuous, decrying, degrading, demeaning, denigrative, denigratory, deprecatory, depreciative, depreciatory, derisory, derogative, derogatory, detractive, disdainful, disparaging, pejorative, scornful, uncomplimentary

Words Related to slighting

aspersing, calumnious, defamatory, insulting, libelous (or libellous), maligning, slandering, slanderous, vilifying

abusive, opprobrious, scurrilous

catty, cruel, despiteful, hateful, malevolent, malicious, malign, malignant, mean, nasty, spiteful, unkind, virulent

critical, denunciative, denunciatory

acrimonious, bitter, envious, jaundiced, jealous, rancorous, resentful

acrid, caustic, scathing, venomous

Near Antonyms of slighting

admiring, adulatory, applauding, approving, friendly, positive

appreciative, respectful

kind, kindhearted, kindly, sympathetic, unmalicious, warm, warmhearted

Antonyms of slighting

commendatory, complimentary, laudative, laudatory

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