as in insulting
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
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as in offending
to cause hurt feelings or deep resentment in
the dancers felt slighted by the harsh comments of the judges
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as in isolating
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 disdaining
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 ignoring
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 slighting
Nick Laird,
The New York Review of Books,
25 Apr. 2026
The subtext to the litigation is Oakley’s personal grievance against Dolan, whom the ex-player has long criticized, in part for slighting him compared to other Knicks legends.
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Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
3 Nov. 2025
And now, fans are listening to soul remixes and slighting hip-hop’s resonance.
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Andre Gee,
Rolling Stone,
23 Oct. 2025
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But in discharging this function, poets are in danger of slighting another imperative, namely, to redress poetry as poetry, to set it up as its own category, an eminence established and a pressure exercised by distinctly linguistic means.
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Nick Laird,
The New York Review of Books,
25 Apr. 2026
The subtext to the litigation is Oakley’s personal grievance against Dolan, whom the ex-player has long criticized, in part for slighting him compared to other Knicks legends.
—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
3 Nov. 2025
And now, fans are listening to soul remixes and slighting hip-hop’s resonance.
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Andre Gee,
Rolling Stone,
23 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slighting
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Considering there were only 33 appearances this past season, such Heat prudence hardly could be viewed as insulting.
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What Florence has been doing is consistent and insulting.
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The offending video reportedly did not appear to have been shared publicly until after Keyser joined the show in episode 17 and producers were not aware of it at the time of the vetting process.
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Qatari midfielder Assim Madibo was sent off for the offending tackle and appeared distraught before he was ejected.
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Both sisters agreed that sharing the experience was a blessing, because pregnancy can sometimes be very isolating.
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Her direction here wisely emphasizes the actors, and possibly overdoes it with the mirrors — lotta symbolically reflective surfaces and isolating frames within frames — but there’s never the sensation that the person behind the camera is winging it.
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As was ever the case, the Babe returned fire, answering the heckles by mocking the Cubs players and disdaining their fans.
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Make Participation Effortless Reduce friction to the point where using it feels like less effort than ignoring it.
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For example, today, Americans might believe that the demands of racial equity or of evangelical Christianity are so pressing that executive power would be justified in ignoring the legislature or the judiciary to serve them.
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Felix points to Trump’s disparaging and false comments against Haitians in Springfield, Ohio, which put a target on the back of many Haitian immigrants.
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While Trump’s talk of a possible NATO pullout dates back years, the comments to The Telegraph newspaper in the U.K., published Wednesday, were among the clearest and most disparaging yet — suggesting that the fracture has deepened perhaps to a point of no return.
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On Day 1 of the truce, and in the days since, Israel has stepped up attacks against Hezbollah, an Iranian proxy, in Lebanon, outraging Iran and leading to accusations the terms had been breached.
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As with any tax relief company, there are complaints about the IRS rejecting a settlement or the company not getting enough relief.
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Florida leads the nation with 375 active 287(g) agreements, and Attorney General James Uthmeier has previously threatened officials in Fort Myers and Key West with removal from office for rejecting such deals.
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“Slighting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slighting. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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