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slighting

verb

Definitions

  1. present participle and gerund of slight

    • His habit of slighting the company chairman was considered to be inappropriate behaviour.

  2. In the manner of a slight

    In the manner of a slight; belittling, deprecative

  3. The act of giving a slight or snub.

    • […] the rest, who had looked upon him with such disdainful neglect […] now flocked about him, striving who should express most respect, and, by an extraordinary officiousness, redeem their late slightings.
  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. An act of ignoring or neglecting someone or something

      An act of ignoring or neglecting someone or something; more broadly neglect.

      • The slighting of children

    2. The action of rejecting someone or something

      The action of rejecting someone or something; rejection.

      • The slighting of a handshake by Samuel ticked off Judi to no end.

    3. The full or partial demolition of a fortification.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at slighting. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at slighting. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

6 hops · closes at slighting

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA