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Slighting

Definition: Slighting

Slighting

Adjective

1. Tending to diminish or disparage; "belittling comments"; "managed a deprecating smile at the compliment"; "deprecatory remarks about the book"; "a slighting remark".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "slighting" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1671. (references)


Synonyms: Slighting

Synonyms: belittling (adj), deprecating (adj), deprecative (adj), deprecatory (adj), depreciative (adj), depreciatory (adj). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Slighting

English words defined with "slighting": belittlingdeprecating, deprecative, deprecatory, depreciative, depreciatorySuperficialize. (references)
Specialty definitions using "slighting": Slighted. (references)
Etymologies containing "slighting": Superficialize. (references)

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Modern Translation: Slighting

Language Translations for "slighting"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Arabic 

  

‏تجاهل (cut, disregard, eliminate, ignore, ignoring, inattention, neglect, overlooking, override, passing over, slight, wink at). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

verwaarlozing (neglect), achterstelling (neglect). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

neglekto (neglect), malprefero (neglect). (various references)

   

French

  

vexation. (various references)

   

German

  

schlecht behandelnd (mistreating), beleidigend (abusive, abusively, affronting, insulting, insultingly, nasty, offending, offensive, offensively, upsetting). (various references)

   

Italian

  

offensivo (abusive, abusively, aggressive, hurtful, insulting, objectionable, offensive, offensively, rude, scathing). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

苟" (neglecting, trifling). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

かりそめ (neglecting, negligence, temporariness, transience, trifle, trifling), "うしょ (broad view, elevation, facing the heat, government office, heights, high altitude, interpretation of a book, neglecting, purchased books, purchasing books, trifling). (various references)

   

Manx

  

comyssagh (copulatory, genital, offensive, promiscuous, venereal). (various references)

   

Papiamen

  

abandoná (abandon, desert, forsake, leave, neglect, quit). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ightingslay

   

Romanian

  

neglijare (dereliction, lapse, neglect), bagatelizare. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

пренебрегать (contemn, disdain, disregard, flout, neglect, set aside, slighted, slights). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

ringaktande. (various references)

   

Thai

  

"ูหมิ่น (supercilious). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Slighting

Derivations

Words beginning with "slighting": slightingly. (additional references)

Words ending with "slighting": mislighting. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Slighting" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: flighting. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Slighting"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "slighting" (pronounced slī"ting)
5-l ī" t i ngdelighting, lighting.
4-ī" t i ngbiting, citing, exciting, fighting, igniting, inciting, indicting, inviting, kiting, nonbiting, reciting, reigniting, reuniting, rewriting, sighting, siting, underwriting, unexciting, uninviting, uniting, whiting, writing.
3-t i ngabating, abbreviating, abdicating, abducting, abetting, aborting, abrogating, abutting, accelerating, accenting, accentuating, accepting, accommodating, accosting, accounting, accrediting, accumulating, acquitting, acting, activating, adapting, addicting, adjudicating, adjusting, administrating, admitting, adopting, advocating, affecting, affiliating, afflicting, aggravating, agitating, airlifting, alerting, alienating, alleviating, allocating, allotting, alternating, amounting, annotating, anticipating, appointing, appreciating, appropriating, approximating, arbitrating, arresting, articulating, assassinating, assaulting, asserting, assimilating, assisting, associating, attempting, attesting, attracting, attributing, auditing, augmenting, authenticating, automating, averting, awaiting, babysitting, backbiting, baiting, balloting, bankrupting, batting, beating, befitting, begetting, belting, benefiting, benefitting, berating, besetting, besting, betting, bitting, blacklisting, blanketing, blasting, bloating, bloodletting, blunting, boasting, boating, bolting, boosting, booting, boycotting, breasting, broadcasting, budgeting, bullfighting, bunting, bursting, busting, butting, calculating, captivating, carpeting, carting, castigating, casting, castrating, catapulting, cavorting, celebrating, cementing, chanting, charting, chatting, cheating, chlorinating, circulating, circumventing, clotting, coagulating, coasting, coating, coexisting, cohabiting, collaborating, collecting, combating, combatting, comforting, commemorating, commenting, committing, communicating, commuting, compensating, competing, complementing, completing, complicating, complimenting, composting, computing, concentrating, concocting, conducting, confiscating, conflicting, confronting, congratulating, connecting, consenting, consisting, consolidating, consorting, constituting, constricting, constructing, consulting, consummating, contacting, contaminating, contemplating, contesting, contracting, contradicting, contrasting, contributing, converting, convicting, cooperating, coordinating, copycatting, correcting, correlating, corroborating, corrupting, costing, counteracting, Counterfeiting, counting, courting, crafting, crating, creating, crediting, cresting, culminating, cultivating, cutting, darting, dating, daunting, debating, debilitating, decaffeinating, decanting, decelerating, decimating, decorating, dedicating, deducting, defaulting, defeating, defecting, deflating, deflecting, defrosting, degenerating, delegating, deleting, deliberating, delineating, delisting, demonstrating, denigrating, denting, departing, depicting, depleting, deporting, depositing, deprecating, depreciating, deregulating, deserting, designating, destructing, detecting, deteriorating, detonating, detracting, devastating, devoting, dictating, dieting, differentiating, digesting, diluting, directing, disappointing, disconcerting, disconnecting, discounting, discrediting, discriminating, disgusting, disintegrating, disorienting, dispiriting, disputing, disquieting, disrespecting, disrupting, dissecting, disseminating, dissenting, dissipating, distorting, distracting, distributing, districting, diverting, divesting, documenting, domesticating, dominating, donating, doting, dotting, doubting, drafting, drifting, duplicating, dusting, eating, editing, educating, effecting, elaborating, elating, electing, electroplating, elevating, eliciting, eliminating, emanating, emigrating, emitting, emulating, enacting, encapsulating, enchanting, encrusting, enlisting, entrusting, enunciating, equating, equivocating, eradicating, erecting, erupting, escalating, escorting, estimating, evacuating, evaluating, evaporating, everlasting, evicting, exacerbating, exacting, exaggerating, exalting, exasperating, excavating, excepting, excoriating, excruciating, executing, exempting, exerting, exhausting, exhibiting, exhilarating, exhorting, existing, exiting, exonerating, expecting, expediting, experimenting, exploiting, exporting, extenuating, exterminating, extorting, extracting, extraditing, extrapolating, fabricating, facilitating, fainting, fascinating, fasting, faulting, feasting, fermenting, ferreting, Fetting, fidgeting, fingerprinting, firefighting, fitting, flaunting, fleeting, flirting, flitting, floating, flouting, fluctuating, fomenting, footing, footnoting, forecasting, forfeiting, forgetting, formulating, fragmenting, fretting, fronting, frosting, fruiting, frustrating, generating, getting, gifting, glinting, gloating, graduating, grafting, granting, grating, gravitating, greeting, gritting, grouting, grunting, gunfighting, gusting, gutting, gyrating, hallucinating, halting, handwriting, harvesting, Hasting, hating, haunting, heating, hesitating, highlighting, hinting, hitting, hoisting, homeporting, hosting, humiliating, hunting, hurting, hydrogenating, illuminating, illustrating, imitating, impacting, imparting, impersonating, implanting, implementing, implicating, importing, imprinting, inaugurating, incapacitating, incarcerating, incinerating, incorporating, incriminating, incubating, indicating, infatuating, infecting, infighting, infiltrating, inflating, inflicting, infuriating, ingesting, ingratiating, inhabiting, inheriting, inhibiting, initiating, injecting, innovating, inserting, insinuating, insisting, inspecting, instigating, instituting, instructing, insulating, insulting, integrating, interacting, intercepting, interdicting, interesting, interpreting, interrogating, interrupting, intersecting, intimidating, intoxicating, inundating, invalidating, inventing, investigating, investing, invigorating, irritating, isolating, jetting, jolting, jousting, jutting, knitting, lactating, lambasting, lamenting, laminating, lasting, legislating, letting, levitating, liberating, lifting, limiting, liquidating, listing, litigating, locating, looting, lubricating, lusting, malting, mandating, manifesting, manipulating, marketing, marting, masturbating, mating, matting, mediating, meditating, meeting, melting, migrating, minting, misappropriating, misinterpreting, misrepresenting, misstating, mistreating, mitigating, moderating, molesting, molting, moonlighting, motivating, mounting, mutating, mutilating, muting, nauseating, navigating, necessitating, negating, neglecting, negotiating, nesting, netting, nitrating, nominating, nonoperating, nonsporting, nonvoting, noting, Nutting, objecting, obliterating, obstructing, obviating, officiating, offsetting, omitting, operating, opting, orbiting, orchestrating, originating, oscillating, ousting, Outfitting, outing, outwitting, overeating, overestimating, overheating, overreacting, overshooting, overstating, painting, panting, parachuting, parenting, participating, parting, pasting, patenting, patting, penetrating, percolating, perfecting, permeating, permitting, perpetrating, perpetuating, persecuting, persisting, perverting, petting, picketing, piloting, pinpointing, pirating, pitting, placating, planting, plating, plotting, plummeting, pocketing, pointing, polluting, pontificating, populating, porting, posting, pouting, precipitating, predicting, predominating, preempting, preexisting, presenting, preventing, printing, procrastinating, profiting, prognosticating, prohibiting, projecting, proliferating, promoting, prompting, promulgating, propagating, prosecuting, prospecting, protecting, protesting, pulsating, purporting, putting, quieting, quilting, quitting, quoting, radiating, rafting, ranting, ratcheting, rating, reacting, reactivating, readjusting, reallocating, reasserting, rebutting, recalculating, recanting, recasting, reciprocating, recollecting, reconnecting, reconstituting, reconstructing, recounting, recreating, recruiting, recuperating, redacting, redecorating, redirecting, redistributing, redistricting, reelecting, reevaluating, refitting, reflecting, refuting, regenerating, regretting, regulating, rehabilitating, reincorporating, reinstating, reinstituting, reinterpreting, reinventing, reinvesting, reinvigorating, reiterating, rejecting, rejuvenating, relating, relegating, relenting, relocating, remarketing, renegotiating, renovating, renting, repainting, repatriating, repeating, replanting, replicating, reporting, representing, reprinting, repudiating, requesting, rerouting, resenting, resisting, resonating, resorting, respecting, restarting, restating, resting, restricting, resubmitting, resulting, resurrecting, resuscitating, retaliating, retesting, retracting, retreating, retrofitting, reverberating, reverting, revisiting, revolting, rioting, riveting, roasting, rocketing, rooting, rotating, rotting, rusting, salivating, salting, saluting, saturating, scapegoating, scouting, sculpting, seating, sedating, segregating, selecting, separating, setting, shafting, sheeting, shifting, shooting, shoplifting, shorting, shouting, shunting, shutting, sifting, simulating, sitting, skating, skirting, skyrocketing, skywriting, slanting, slitting, slotting, smarting, smelting, snorting, soliciting, somersaulting, songwriting, sorting, speculating, spitting, splitting, sporting, spotlighting, spotting, spouting, sprinting, sprouting, spurting, squatting, squinting, squirting, stagnating, starting, stating, stimulating, stipulating, strutting, subcontracting, subjecting, submitting, subordinating, substituting, subtracting, subverting, suffocating, suggesting, superconducting, supplanting, supplementing, supporting, surmounting, suspecting, sweating, Sweeting, syndicating, tabulating, tainting, targeting, tasting, taunting, telecommuting, telemarketing, tempting, tenting, terminating, testing, thermosetting, thrusting, thwarting, ticketing, tilting, titillating, toasting, tolerating, tormenting, toting, touting, translating, transmitting, transplanting, transporting, treating, trotting, trumpeting, trusting, twisting, typecasting, typesetting, Typewriting, undercutting, underestimating, underreporting, understating, undulating, uninteresting, unrelenting, unremitting, unseating, unstinting, unsuspecting, unwitting, updating, uplifting, uprooting, upsetting, urinating, vacating, vacillating, validating, vaulting, ventilating, venting, vesting, vetting, vibrating, violating, visiting, vomiting, voting, wafting, waiting, wanting, wasting, weighting, weightlifting, wetting, wildcatting, wilting, witting, wresting, yachting.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Slighting

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: lightings.

Words within the letters "g-g-h-i-i-l-n-s-t"

-1 letter: lighting, sighting.

-2 letters: hilting, histing, insight, listing, sighing, silting, tilings.

-3 letters: glints, instil, isling, lights, nights, nihils, siting, slight, things, tiling.

-4 letters: gilts, glint, hilts, hints, intis, light, lings, lints, nighs, night, nihil, sight, sigil, sling, sting, thing, thins, tings.

-5 letters: ghis, gigs, gilt, gins, gist, gits, hili, hilt, hins, hint, hisn, hist, hits, inti.

 Words containing the letters "g-g-h-i-i-l-n-s-t"
 

+1 letter: lightnings.

 

+2 letters: mislighting, slightingly.

 

+3 letters: daylightings, nightingales, spotlighting, theologising.

 

+4 letters: bullfightings.

 

+5 letters: hemagglutinins, playwrightings, weightliftings.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Slighting


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

53 6C 69 67 68 74 69 6E 67

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

...    .-..    ..    --.    ....    -    ..    -.    --.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010011 01101100 01101001 01100111 01101000 01110100 01101001 01101110 01100111

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#83 &#108 &#105 &#103 &#104 &#116 &#105 &#110 &#103

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0053 006C 0069 0067 0068 0074 0069 006E 0067

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

537875737486758073

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Translations: Modern
5. Derivations
6. Rhymes
7. Anagrams
8. Orthography
9. Bibliography


  

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