slighting

8.0

Showing little respect and trying to make someone feel unimportant

adjective
/ˈslaɪtɪŋ/

Offensive

: despectivo

The slighting remarks made by the critic left the artist feeling disheartened.

Examples

Their ambition was to create a website that could counter Western press coverage of Sri Lanka that was, in their opinion, both slighting and hostile.

Academic text (2004)
Now the cause, the main cause of anger for Aristotle is what he calls slighting oligoria.
Her slighting attitude towards his ideas made it hard for him to share them openly.
He felt the slighting tone in her voice when she dismissed his proposal.

Synonyms

insulting

vsslighting

Offensive

130 3.0

Being rude or saying things that hurt someone

is similar but stresses the deliberate aim to belittle someone

disrespectful

vsslighting

121 3.0

Not polite to someone, for example interrupting them

is more targeted, intending to insult or belittle rather than general rudeness

derogatory

vsslighting

39 6.9

Expressing an insulting, disrespectful view of someone or something

is more focused on insulting intent rather than just low opinion

demeaning

vsslighting

33 4.8

Making someone feel small and unimportant

focuses more on showing contempt and intending to insult rather than effect

degrading

vsslighting

21 5.5

Causing someone to feel ashamed and less respected

emphasizes disrespectful intent and belittling rather than lasting harm

disparaging

vsslighting

Offensive

1 7.0

Showing a low opinion of someone or something

is stronger, aiming to insult and actively belittle rather than just judge

deprecating

vsslighting

1 6.9

Showing that you think something is not good or important

is more hostile, intending to insult or show contempt rather than mere critique

deprecatory

vsslighting

1 8.5

Showing that you disapprove of something or think it is unimportant

is harsher, aiming to belittle with contempt rather than just criticise

derogative

vsslighting

8.1

Showing a bad opinion of someone to make them seem less important

is broader, covering general disrespect and also deliberate belittling

belittling

vsslighting

6.2

Showing that someone or something has little value

is more about active contempt and direct insult rather than subtle minimising

deprecative

vsslighting

7.6

Showing you do not like or value something

is more focused on contempt and deliberate insult rather than mere downplaying

depreciatory

vsslighting

8.2

Showing that someone or something is not important and often insulting them

is more personal, aimed at insulting or showing contempt rather than value loss

depreciative

vsslighting

Offensive

7.8

Expressing a low opinion of someone or something

is more about direct disrespect and intentional belittling than general devaluation

Antonyms

to respect

∞ 1.0

To admire someone for their actions or qualities

to honor

796 2.3

Show great respect to someone, often in public

How Disrespectful

contemptuous

17 7.0

insulting

Offensive

130 3.0

demeaning

33 4.8

disparaging

Offensive

1 7.0

slighting

Offensive

8.0

dismissive

43 5.6

Surface Forms

slighting positive

Morphology

slighting = slight (transparent) = slight + ing

The adjective is a standard deverbal -ing form meaning 'causing or showing the action of slight', which is directly inferable from 'slight' + -ing.

Etymology

Slighting comes from the older word slight, which once meant 'small' or 'unimportant'. So to slight someone is to treat them as 'small'—that is, to insult or belittle them.