as in insults
an act or expression showing scorn and usually intended to hurt another's feelings
refused to respond to their petty slights
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as in offends
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 isolates
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 disdains
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 ignores
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 slights
Jayson Greene, Pitchfork, 18 May 2026
After the fact, Brown suggested Embiid’s takeover might have been evidence the 32-year-old had taken notice of Brown’s slights.
—Devon Henderson, New York Times, 4 May 2026
This team lost its edge, its hunger, its willingness to take slights personally.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 4 May 2026
Give me a world where people break the rules to extend kindness to one another instead of slights and insults, please!
—Erin Qualey, Vulture, 13 Apr. 2026
Ekulona’s Julie is assailed as much by Hedda’s slights as by her indifference.
—Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2026
Michael Malone, during his Nuggets days, was a genius at creating enemies, of underlining slights that may or may not have ever been real.
—Arkansas Online, 15 Jan. 2026
And so, trading slights is not going to get you there.
—Eric Thomas, Sun Sentinel, 11 Jan. 2026
On the female side of the acting ballots, competitors this season exercised no such constraint especially in challenging critical slights.
—Peter Bart, Deadline, 8 Jan. 2026
Noun
As his relevance falters, Drake’s eye for slights and score-settling has grown so microscopic that even his stans need tweezers.
—Jayson Greene, Pitchfork, 18 May 2026
After the fact, Brown suggested Embiid’s takeover might have been evidence the 32-year-old had taken notice of Brown’s slights.
—Devon Henderson, New York Times, 4 May 2026
This team lost its edge, its hunger, its willingness to take slights personally.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 4 May 2026
Give me a world where people break the rules to extend kindness to one another instead of slights and insults, please!
—Erin Qualey, Vulture, 13 Apr. 2026
Ekulona’s Julie is assailed as much by Hedda’s slights as by her indifference.
—Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2026
Michael Malone, during his Nuggets days, was a genius at creating enemies, of underlining slights that may or may not have ever been real.
—Arkansas Online, 15 Jan. 2026
And so, trading slights is not going to get you there.
—Eric Thomas, Sun Sentinel, 11 Jan. 2026
On the female side of the acting ballots, competitors this season exercised no such constraint especially in challenging critical slights.
—Peter Bart, Deadline, 8 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slights
Noun
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But between rapid-fire questions and candidates hurling insults or talking over one another, the chaotic nature of some debate moments did little to help undecided voters make up their minds about their preferred candidate, some political observers said.—
Linh Tat,
Daily News,
14 May 2026
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Sometimes, there’s no better way to pay tribute to a dear friend than by lambasting them with insults.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
13 May 2026
Verb
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Very little offends me in a moral sense in the theater, but parts of this script came close.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Apr. 2026
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Obviously the blandness of a tan wall offends them.—
Joan Morris,
Mercury News,
9 Mar. 2026
Verb
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At a moment, when everything isolates us, the collective experience of cinema matters more than ever.—
Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
12 May 2026
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Closing doors isolates fire and prevents smoke, heat and flames from spreading, officials said.—
Leonard Greene,
New York Daily News,
8 May 2026
Verb
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Krikorian said a more traditional law enforcement approach should trade street sweeps for a greater focus on worksite enforcement – something Homan has advocated for, but which Trump disdains.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
7 Feb. 2026
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White supremacy, which is very much alive in the land — turn on the news — disdains every people of color.—
Robert Lloyd,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Criminalization also ignores the realities of mental health and poverty.—
Shianne LeClaire,
Hartford Courant,
17 May 2026
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One brave man ignores a greeting.—
Sophie Monks Kaufman,
IndieWire,
16 May 2026
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First seen at a night-club table of menacing lowlifes, Ida, whose mother tongue is Brooklynese, suddenly switches to a heavy British accent and dispenses a torrent of highly literary sarcasms.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
4 Mar. 2026
Verb
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This baffles and outrages Angela, a protective mom who, with other parents, pushes back against Gabor using her math classroom as a forum for introducing the outside world’s worst actions.—
Christopher Smith,
Oc Register,
7 Apr. 2026
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The content outrages some people and delights others; publishing more of it advances the meta discourse that’s been layered on top of the actual news, drawing attention from the unfolding conflict itself.—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
14 Mar. 2026
Verb
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More tech —Trump taps Zuck and Jensen—but snubs Elon and Sam Altman, for tech advisory council.—
Alexei Oreskovic,
Fortune,
26 Mar. 2026
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Needy Venus snubs Jupiter, activating your homey 4th house and your idealistic 9th house.—
Tarot.com,
Sun Sentinel,
31 Jan. 2026
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“Slights.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slights. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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