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
Spiteful and slighting are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Spiteful" instead an adjective "Slighting".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- unpleasant and slighting
- unpleasant and spiteful
- offensive and slighting
- offensive and spiteful
- opprobrious and slighting
- opprobrious and spiteful
- scornful and slighting
- scornful and spiteful
- sarcastic and slighting
- sarcastic and spiteful
- abusive and slighting
- abusive and spiteful
- scathing and slighting
- scathing and spiteful
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Spiteful and Slighting. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/slighting/spiteful
Slighting & Spiteful. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/slighting/spiteful>.
Spiteful or Slighting. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/slighting/spiteful.
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