0 present participle of slight --
1 to insult someone by ignoring them or treating them as if they are not important: --
I found his term "lame ducks" slighting, and even offensive.
He made a slighting reference to dockers restricting membership of their union to the family, the son of the father.
It is therefore remarkable that he should now refer to it in those slighting terms.
I want to say, quite definitely, that there is no intention of slighting any one particular town.
In time the criticisms and slighting comments will be forgotten, but the benefits will remain for many years to come.
Their authority has been undermined not only by lack of support but by slighting and unwarranted statements.
A rather slighting remark was made to the observations on asbestos.
I regret very much that he used terms this afternoon to characterise it which can only be described as slighting.
