slighting
adjective
[ ˈslʌɪtɪŋ ]
• showing a lack of respect; insulting or disparaging.
• "slighting references to the errors of our political economists"
slight
verb
• insult (someone) by treating or speaking of them without proper respect or attention.
• "he was desperate not to slight a guest"
Similar:
insult,
snub,
rebuff,
repulse,
spurn,
treat disrespectfully,
give someone the cold shoulder,
cold-shoulder,
brush off,
turn one's back on,
keep at arm's length,
disregard,
ignore,
cut (dead),
neglect,
take no notice of,
disdain,
scorn,
give someone the brush-off,
freeze out,
stiff-arm,
knock back,
give someone the go-by,
misprize,
scout,
insulting,
disparaging,
belittling,
derogatory,
disrespectful,
denigratory,
uncomplimentary,
pejorative,
abusive,
offensive,
defamatory,
slanderous,
libellous,
scurrilous,
disdainful,
scornful,
contemptuous,
bitchy,
contumelious,
• raze or destroy (a fortification).
• "a Council determined whether the Fort should be kept or slighted"
Origin:
Middle English; the adjective from Old Norse sléttr ‘smooth’ (an early sense in English), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch slechts ‘merely’ and German schlicht ‘simple’, schlecht ‘bad’; the verb (originally in the sense ‘make smooth or level’), from Old Norse slétta . The sense ‘treat with disrespect’ dates from the late 16th century.
