Slighting
Slighting adjective - Intended to make a person or thing seem of little importance or value.
Usage example: slighting remarks about the general lack of musical talent among the contestants
Scathing and slighting are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Scathing" instead an adjective "Slighting".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- critical and slighting
- critical and scathing
- rude and slighting
- rude and scathing
- scornful and slighting
- scornful and scathing
- contemptuous and slighting
- contemptuous and scathing
- sarcastic and slighting
- sarcastic and scathing
- derisive and slighting
- derisive and scathing
- deprecatory and slighting
- deprecatory and scathing
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Scathing and Slighting. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/slighting/scathing
Slighting & Scathing. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/slighting/scathing>.
Scathing or Slighting. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/slighting/scathing.
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