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ALL meanings of slighting

slight·ing
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  • 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
  • verb with object slighting to treat (someone) with indifference; ignore, especially pointedly or contemptuously; snub: to be slighted by society. 1
  • verb with object slighting to do negligently; scamp: to slight one's studies. 1
  • noun slighting an act or instance of slighting or being slighted: The critics’ slights led her to change direction in her work. 1
  • noun slighting a pointed and contemptuous discourtesy; affront: She considered not being invited an unforgivable slight. 1
  • adjective slighting characteristic of a slight; disparaging; disdainful 0
  • adjective slighting constituting a slight; disdainful; disparaging 0
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