slighting
Meaning of slighting
- To treat as unimportant or not worthy of attention; to make light of.
- To give lesser weight or importance to.
- To treat with disdain or neglect, usually out of prejudice, hatred, or jealousy; to ignore disrespectfully.
- To act negligently or carelessly.
- (of a fortification) To render no longer defensible by full or partial demolition.
- To make even or level.
- To throw heedlessly.
- The act of giving a slight or snub.
- An act of ignoring or neglecting someone or something; more broadly neglect.
The slighting of children
- The action of rejecting someone or something; rejection.
The slighting of a handshake by Samuel ticked off Judi to no end.
- The full or partial demolition of a fortification.
adjective
In the manner of a slight; belittling, deprecative
Information about slighting
- Languages in which slighting is used:
(Press the button to hear it)
Hyphenation of slighting
slight-ing
- It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
- slighting is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
slighting synonyms
Meaning belittling:
belittling, deprecating, deprecative, deprecatory, depreciative, depreciatory
Meaning :
slighting antonyms
Meaning :
Anagrams of slighting
Words that rhyme with slighting
Ting, ting, Hooperating, Italianating, Keating, Kweihwating, Photostating, abalienating, abating, abbreviating, abdicating, aberrating, abirritating, abjudicating, ablactating, ablating, abnegating, abominating, abrogating, absinthiating, absquatulating, accelerating, accentuating, acceptilating, acclimating, accommodating, acculturating, accumulating, acerbating, acetylating, acidulating, acierating, activating, actuating, acuating, acuminating, acylating, adiating, adjudicating, adminiculating, administrating, adstipulating, adulating, adulterating, adumbrating, advocating, aerating, aerobating, affiliating, agglomerating