Definitions of slighting [ˈslaɪ tɪŋ]

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Definition of 'slighting'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (adj.) slighting
derogatory and disparaging; belittling.

Etymology: (1605–15)

Definition of 'slighting'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (adj) belittling, deprecating, deprecative, deprecatory, depreciative, depreciatory, slighting
tending to diminish or disparage
"belittling comments"; "managed a deprecating smile at the compliment"; "deprecatory remarks about the book"; "a slighting remark"

Definition of 'slighting'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) slighting
characterized by neglect or disregard

2. slighting
of Slight

Translation of 'slighting'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: insulting; disrespectful He made rather a slighting remark about her parents.
Afrikaans: beledigend	Arabic: مُزْدَرٍ، مُسْتَخِف، مُهي	Bulgarian: пренебрежителен
Brazilian: insultuoso	Czech: urážlivý	German: abschätzig
Danish: nedsættende	Greek: προσβλητικός	Spanish: despreciativo, menospreci
Estonian: halvustav	Farsi: بي ادبانه	Finnish: loukkaava
French: désobligeant	Hebrew: מְזַלזֵל	Hindi: अपमानजनक
Croatian: preziran, omalovažavajući	Hungarian: megvető	Indonesian: tidak hormat
Icelandic: lítilsvirðandi	Italian: offensivo, scortese	Japanese: 軽蔑的な
Korean: 경멸적인	Lithuanian: užgaulus	Latvian: aizvainojošs; nicīgs
Malay: tidak hormat	Dutch: geringschattend	Norwegian: nedsettende, fornærmende
Polish: lekceważący, obraźliwy	Persian: بي ادبانه	Pashto: بی ادبانه
Portuguese: insultuoso	Romanian: nepoliticos	Russian: пренебрежительный, презри
Slovak: urážlivý, pohŕdavý	Slovenian: žaljiv	Serbian: uvredljiv
Swedish: förolämpande, ringaktande	Thai: ดูหมิ่น	Turkish: küçümseyici, hor görücü
Taiwanese: 無禮的	Ukrainian: образливий; нешанобливий	Urdu: حتک آمیز
Vietnamese: khinh thường, coi nhẹ	Chinese: 无礼的
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