slighting
derogatory and disparaging; belittling.
Origin of slighting
1Other words from slighting
- slight·ing·ly, adverb
Words Nearby slighting
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How to use slighting in a sentence
Phœbe Chiffinch, I am glad to add, was jilted by her uninteresting lover, who little knew what a fortune he was slighting.
Checkmate | Joseph Sheridan Le FanuThe latter drew slighting comparisons, and remembered that he was the only one who ever apologised.
Tales and Fantasies | Robert Louis StevensonShe puts her chair aside and turns to the steps, adding, with slighting composure, as she passes Crampton.
You Never Can Tell | George Bernard ShawShe sits down with slighting indifference, at the end of the table nearest the window.
You Never Can Tell | George Bernard ShawA young man slighting the lovely heroine of the little comedy and making love to her grandmother!
A Mortal Antipathy | Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
British Dictionary definitions for slighting
/ (ˈslaɪtɪŋ) /
characteristic of a slight; disparaging; disdainful: in a slighting manner
Derived forms of slighting
- slightingly, adverb
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