slighting

American

[slahy-ting] / ˈslaɪ tɪŋ /

adjective

derogatory and disparaging; belittling.

slighting British

/ ˈslaɪtɪŋ /

adjective

characteristic of a slight; disparaging; disdainful

in a slighting manner

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Other Word Forms

slightingly

adverb

Etymology

Origin of slighting

First recorded in 1605–15; slight + -ing ²

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slighting

While having a drink in a bar shortly after arriving in Venezuela, he carelessly made a slighting comment about Simón Bolívar.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

Black vultures have a massive 5 foot wing span, slighting smaller than the turkey vulture.

From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2022

I’ll give you a chance to redeem yourselves by not giving any further detail and be watching here for a remedy of this painful slighting.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 27, 2021

I know that this sort of inclusive approach to pregnancy is popular, but frankly, I don't know how to phrase questions for the person who is actually carrying the child without slighting the co-parent.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 8, 2021

By slighting death, by acting, we pretended it was not the terrible thing it was.

From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien

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