0 present participle of slight
1 to insult someone by ignoring them or treating them as if they are not important:
Among this piece's many lapses from academic standards, it cites an alleged conversation with me of more than a decade ago, and makes other slighting personal references.
Soane, who had what might benignly be styled a personality disorder, was easily slighted; slighting him was made easier still because he evidently liked it.
Those remarks were not meant to be slighting; they were meant to be complimentary.
Therefore, they cannot take exception to it on the ground that it is derogatory or in some way slighting.
Even worse to my mind has been the slighting reference to the work of the officials who prepare employment statistics.
Will he now agree to explain, or perhaps, even better, to withdraw, his own slighting reference to those who use money to make money?
These measures have been described as a "dribble of cosmetics"; certain slighting terms have been used about them this afternoon.
I regret very much that he used terms this afternoon to characterise it which can only be described as slighting.
