- present participle of slight.
slighting
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While having a drink in a bar shortly after arriving in Venezuela, he carelessly made a slighting comment about Simón Bolívar.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
Keller and Knight were rewarded with proximity to Storrie and the best punchlines, but neither Quinn nor Jack Hughes had to indicate in any way that they had joined America’s president in slighting them.
From Salon ● Mar. 6, 2026
After some accused her of unnecessarily forcing a link between the “Hustlers” star and the “Euphoria” star, @NBAgladiator clarified that she’s “not slighting either woman.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2022
I’ll give you a chance to redeem yourselves by not giving any further detail and be watching here for a remedy of this painful slighting.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 27, 2021
By slighting death, by acting, we pretended it was not the terrible thing it was.
From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien
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