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slighting


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Slight  \Slight\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Slighted};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Slighting}.] 
  To  disregard,  as  of  little  value  and  unworthy  of  notice;  to 
  make  light  of  as  to  slight  the  divine  commands.  --Milton. 
 
  The  wretch  who  slights  the  bounty  of  the  skies. 
  --Cowper. 
 
  {To  slight  off},  to  treat  slightingly;  to  drive  off  to 
  remove.  [R.]  --  {To  slight  over},  to  run  over  in  haste;  to 
  perform  superficially;  to  treat  carelessly;  as  to  slight 
  over  a  theme.  ``They  will  but  slight  it  over.''  --Bacon. 
 
  Syn:  To  neglect;  disregard;  disdain;  scorn. 
 
  Usage:  {Slight},  {Neglect}.  To  slight  is  stronger  than  to 
  neglect.  We  may  neglect  a  duty  or  person  from 
  inconsiderateness,  or  from  being  over-occupied  in 
  other  concerns.  To  slight  is  always  a  positive  and 
  intentional  act  resulting  from  feelings  of  dislike  or 
  contempt.  We  ought  to  put  a  kind  construction  on  what 
  appears  neglect  on  the  part  of  a  friend;  but  when  he 
  slights  us  it  is  obvious  that  he  is  our  friend  no 
  longer. 
 
  Beware  .  .  .  lest  the  like  befall  .  .  .  If  they 
  transgress  and  slight  that  sole  command. 
  --Milton. 
 
  This  my  long-sufferance,  and  my  day  of  grace, 
  Those  who  neglect  and  scorn  shall  never  taste. 
  --Milton. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Slighting  \Slight"ing\,  a. 
  Characterized  by  neglect  or  disregard. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  slighting 
  adj  :  tending  to  diminish  or  disparage;  "belittling  comments"; 
  "managed  a  deprecating  smile  at  the  compliment"; 
  "deprecatory  remarks  about  the  book";  "a  slighting 
  remark"  [syn:  {belittling},  {deprecating},  {deprecative}, 
  {deprecatory},  {depreciative},  {depreciatory}] 




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