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- [slahy-ting]
- /ˈslaɪ tɪŋ/
- /ˈslaɪt.ɪŋ/
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- [slahy-ting]
- /ˈslaɪ tɪŋ/
Definitions of slighting word
- adjective slighting small in amount, degree, etc.: a slight increase; a slight odor. 1
- adjective slighting of little importance, influence, etc.; trivial: a slight cut. 1
- adjective slighting slender or slim; not heavily built. 1
- adjective slighting frail; flimsy; delicate: a slight fabric. 1
- adjective slighting of little substance or strength. 1
- verb with object slighting to treat as of little importance. 1
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Origin of slighting
First appearance:
before 1605 One of the 40% oldest English words
First recorded in 1605-15; slight + -ing2
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Parts of speech for Slighting
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
slighting popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 69% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 70% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.
slighting usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for slighting
noun slighting
- brush-off — a refusal to talk or listen to someone; abrupt or final dismissal or rebuff.
- disregard — to pay no attention to; leave out of consideration; ignore: Disregard the footnotes.
- in-difference — lack of interest or concern: We were shocked by their indifference toward poverty.
- inadvertency — inadvertence.
- insouciance — the quality of being insouciant; lack of care or concern; indifference.
adj slighting
- deprecative — serving to deprecate; deprecatory.
- deprecatory — expressing disapproval; protesting
- depreciatory — tending to depreciate.
- derogative — lessening; belittling; derogatory.
- derogatory — If you make a derogatory remark or comment about someone or something, you express your low opinion of them.
adjective slighting
- depreciative — Tending to depreciate (in value etc.).
- detractory — (now rare) That detracts from something; disparaging, depreciatory.
- maligning — to speak harmful untruths about; speak evil of; slander; defame: to malign an honorable man.
- neglecting — to pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight: The public neglected his genius for many years.
- omitting — to leave out; fail to include or mention: to omit a name from a list.
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