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Definition of Slighting
1. Adjective. Tending to diminish or disparage. "A slighting remark"
Similar to: Uncomplimentary
Derivative terms: Deprecate, Deprecate, Depreciate, Depreciate
Definition of Slighting
1. a. Characterized by neglect or disregard.
Definition of Slighting
1. Verb. (present participle of slight) ¹
2. Adjective. In the manner of a slight; belittling, deprecative ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Slighting
1. slight [v] - See also: slight
Lexicographical Neighbors of Slighting
Literary usage of Slighting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The English Works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury by Thomas Hobbes (1841)
"These were no raw divines, such as he saith NO. iv. preached to their equally
ignorant auditors. I ^.^^ could add to these the slighting of School-di- ..."
2. The Works of George Fox by George Fox (1831)
"... of the day of recompense thai was coming upon them: but they rejecting counsel,
and slighting those visitations of love to them, I was moved now, ..."
3. American Poets and Their Theology by Augustus Hopkins Strong (1916)
"To a Christian heart, Emerson's slighting and half-contemptuous allusions to
Jesus are deeply painful. He seems to take pleasure in tearing the crown from ..."
4. American Poets and Their Theology by Augustus Hopkins Strong (1916)
"To a Christian heart, Emerson's slighting and half-contemptuous allusions to
Jesus are deeply painful. He seems to take pleasure in tearing the crown from ..."
5. A General History of the Baptist Denomination in America, and Other Parts of by David Benedict (1813)
"... their rejecting all priestly garments, and refusing to kneel at the sacrament ;
their slighting all authorities but that of the scriptures, ..."
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