slighted

Example Sentences

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Leaving a group trip where someone feels financially slighted can lead to conflict when you get back home.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

Dorothy, in Ms. Benedict’s telling, feels slighted by her male colleagues in London’s Detection Club, a real-life group of British mystery writers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025

Judge Geraint Walters told Swansea Crown Court that Cooper appeared to have felt "slighted" after Mr Evans and his partner shared a look while his partner, Catherine Tracy Francis, was singing karaoke.

From BBC • Jan. 3, 2025

Carew felt as slighted in 2022 as he did in 2000.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2024

In attendance upon him was Anteros, said sometimes to be the avenger of slighted love, sometimes the one who opposes love; also Himeros or Longing, and Hymen, the God of the Wedding Feast.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton