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
Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
Social media then supercharges it, rewarding outrage, amplifying victim narratives, and turning personal slights into viral causes.
—Jonathan Alpert, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
Gibson endured many slights in silence.
—Merlisa Lawrence Corbett, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
As A Matter of Time continues, the slights and irritations pile up.
—Maura Johnston, Rolling Stone, 21 Aug. 2025
Rattlers coach Kevin Guy said the non-call was the latest in a series of slights against his team.
—Ryan Finley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Aug. 2025
Noun
He was reminded that his career had been shaped by overcoming doubts and slights going back to high school, when he was offered the same amount of Division I football scholarships that were offered to the average sportswriter who covers him.
—Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
Social media then supercharges it, rewarding outrage, amplifying victim narratives, and turning personal slights into viral causes.
—Jonathan Alpert, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
Gibson endured many slights in silence.
—Merlisa Lawrence Corbett, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
As A Matter of Time continues, the slights and irritations pile up.
—Maura Johnston, Rolling Stone, 21 Aug. 2025
Rattlers coach Kevin Guy said the non-call was the latest in a series of slights against his team.
—Ryan Finley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slights
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Egyptian influencers linked to intelligence fronts launched vicious personal attacks, including ethnic slurs, against the Saudi royal family and graphic insults targeting the crown prince.—
Khaled Hassan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Sep. 2025
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After a brief pause, the messages resumed months later and escalated to 40-50 a day, ranging from insults about Lauryn’s appearance to alarming threats against her relationship.—
Jordana Comiter,
People.com,
9 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Think of the chatbots that enrage customers, copy that erases brand voice, email that offends prospects, or sales outreach that overwhelms without engaging.—
Andrea Hill,
Forbes.com,
21 Aug. 2025
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Incrementality isolates true lift, helping marketers quantify what exposure really moved the needle.—
Srikanth Ramachandran,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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The project, which has been on ice for decades due to international concerns, effectively isolates the territory by cutting off the West Bank from East Jerusalem.—
Olivia-Anne Cleary,
Time,
14 Aug. 2025
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Kleinfeld disdains the concept of work-life separation.—
Diane Brady,
Fortune,
22 Aug. 2025
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An energy policy that ignores this will get traction depending on which party is in office but not beyond that.—
Robert G. Eccles,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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This perspective ignores the need for people to come to decisions together about truth and reality.—
Sara Giordano,
The Conversation,
4 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Content that outrages, polarizes or triggers anxiety keeps us watching.—
Avital Pardo,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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My wife constantly disrespects me.—
Jeanne Phillips,
Mercury News,
5 Sep. 2025
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This reversal deeply disrespects every honorable soldier who's had our Stars and Stripes draped over their casket as Taps play in the background.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Aug. 2025
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The thing about bullying is that the bully typically has no memory of it later, while the wounded party never forgets.—
Rachel Kushner,
New Yorker,
14 Sep. 2025
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Dictatorships exhaust themselves through destruction, but democracies adapt and grow stronger—a lesson Washington sometimes forgets.—
Ken Silverstein,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Slights.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slights. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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