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slighting

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slight·ing  (sltng)
adj.
Conveying or constituting a slight; belittling: a slighting look.
slighting·ly adv.
slighting [ˈslaɪtɪŋ]
adj
characteristic of a slight; disparaging; disdainful in a slighting manner
slightingly  adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.slighting - tending to diminish or disparage; "belittling comments"; "managed a deprecating smile at the compliment"; "deprecatory remarks about the book"; "a slighting remark"
belittling, deprecating, deprecative, deprecatory, depreciative, depreciatory
uncomplimentary - tending to (or intended to) detract or disparage
slighting
Translations
slighting [ˈslaɪtɪŋ] ADJ → despreciativo, menospreciativo
slighting
adj (= offensive) → kränkend; (= disparaging) behaviour → geringschätzig; remark → abschätzig, abfällig
slighting [ˈslaɪtɪŋ] adj → offensivo/a
slighting [ˈslaɪtɪŋ] adj → offensivo/a


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Johnson, with all his faults, is a man to whom that great word "respectable" is always given, and I am known to be so intimate with his wife, his slighting me has an awkward look.
Lady Susan by Austen, Jane View in context
And while the abilities of the nine-hundredth abridger of the History of England, or of the man who collects and publishes in a volume some dozen lines of Milton, Pope, and Prior, with a paper from the Spectator, and a chapter from Sterne, are eulogized by a thousand pens -- there seems almost a general wish of decrying the capacity and undervaluing the labour of the novelist, and of slighting the performances which have only genius, wit, and taste to recommend them.
Northanger Abbey by Austen, Jane View in context
You would have better reasons than these for slighting so respectable a class of men," said Mrs.
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