Slighting

Word SLIGHTING
Character 9
Hyphenation slight ing
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Slighting"

What do we mean by slighting?

Conveying or constituting a slight; belittling. adjective

Disregard; scorn; slight. noun

Derogatory; disparaging.

Characterized by neglect or disregard. adjective

Present participle of slight. verb

In the manner of a slight; belittling, deprecative adjective

Tending to diminish or disparage adjective

To treat as unimportant or not worthy of attention; to make light of.

To give lesser weight or importance to.

To treat with disdain or neglect, usually out of prejudice, hatred, or jealousy; to ignore disrespectfully.

To act negligently or carelessly.

(of a fortification) To render no longer defensible by full or partial demolition.

To make even or level.

To throw heedlessly.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Slighting

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The word "slighting" in example sentences

Laugh and be merry -- enjoy the sunshine of your youth; it is a sin to see a young thing sad; but never, never, as you value your womanhood, speak a slighting or irreverent word against God's great laws of righteousness, nor allow such a word to pass unreproved in your presence. ❋ George De Horne Vaizey (1887)

Turns out that Poe's great sleuth, Dupin, in the course of describing his methodology, makes a glancingand slighting reference to a gentleman named Vidocq, whom he immediately dismisses as "a good guesser" lacking "educated thought" and constantly erring "by the very intensity of his investigations." ❋ Unknown (2010)

After neglecting to write immediately on my return to Town and otherwise slighting you and my poor grasshopper, I must now be shorter than I could wish. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Although finding the Parthenon superior, Byron is by no means slighting mosques, considering that the poet could place only one architectural icon from the West above an entire class of Islamic monuments. ❋ G. Roger Denson (2010)

It seems to me that pursuing new ideas is a more worthwhile endeavor than slighting Sec. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Someone always is going to be upset and claim you're slighting a race. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Other than their abode and perchance their teaching, there is not extremely much slighting disbursement that can parallel in estimate to the support of a redesigned transport. ❋ Unknown (2009)

More important, they are slighting our warriors and mocking their commitment to this nation. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Maybe that week she'd praised Barbra Streisand or else made some slighting remark about his supreme artistic hero, Alfred Hitchcock. ❋ Lee Sandlin (2011)

I am ultimately responsible for my own actions and apologize for any slighting my comments may have caused the true valiant heroes who bore the country's burden during that horrible conflict. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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