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
Vilifying and slighting are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Vilifying" instead an adjective "Slighting".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- offensive and slighting
- offensive and vilifying
- opprobrious and slighting
- opprobrious and vilifying
- insulting and slighting
- insulting and vilifying
- scornful and slighting
- scornful and vilifying
- derisive and slighting
- derisive and vilifying
- deprecatory and slighting
- deprecatory and vilifying
- depreciative and slighting
- depreciative and vilifying
Cite this Source
Vilifying and Slighting. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/slighting/vilifying
Slighting & Vilifying. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/slighting/vilifying>.
Vilifying or Slighting. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/slighting/vilifying.
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