Slighted - English meaning

Slighted – definitions in English dictionary

verb
Insult (someone) by treating or speaking of them without proper respect or attention.
Usage examples:
He was desperate not to slight a guest
Synonims:
Insult Snub Rebuff Repulse Spurn Treat disrespectfully Give someone the cold shoulder Cold-shoulder Brush off Turn one's back on Keep at arm's length Disregard Ignore Cut (dead)Neglect Take
verb
Raze or destroy (a fortification).
Usage examples:
A council determined whether the fort should be kept or slighted

adjective
Small in degree; inconsiderable.
Usage examples:
A slight increase

adjective
(of a person or their build) not sturdy; thin or slender.
Usage examples:
She was slight and delicate-looking

noun
An insult caused by a failure to show someone proper respect or attention.
Usage examples:
An unintended slight can create grudges

Slighted translation into English

Slighted: translate from English into Chinese

轻视, 怠慢, 忽略, 鄙视, 谩, 鄙, 鄙薄, 鄙弃, 鄙夷

Slighted: translate from English into Dutch

Gekleineerd, Geringschatten

Slighted: translate from English into French

Méprisé, Offenser, Mépriser, Négliger, Blesser, Ignorer

Slighted: translate from English into German

Beleidigt, Kränken, Beleidigen, Ignorieren

Slighted: translate from English into Hindi

मामूली, अपमानित करना, उपेक्षा करना, तिरस्कार करना

Slighted: translate from English into Italian

Offeso

Slighted: translate from English into Korean

무시, 등한히 하다, 아무렇게나 하다, 경시하다

Slighted: translate from English into Russian

Пренебрежительно, Пренебрегать, Третировать, Относиться небрежно

Slighted: translate from English into Spanish

Despreciado, Desairar, Ofender, Insultar

Word origin

Middle English; the adjective from Old Norse sléttr ‘smooth’ (an early sense in English), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch slechts ‘merely’ and German schlicht ‘simple’, schlecht ‘bad’; t

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Slighted – similar words

slight

adjective
Small in degree; inconsiderable.
Usage examples:
A slight increase

verb
Insult (someone) by treating or speaking of them without proper respect or attention.
Usage examples:
He was desperate not to slight a guest

noun
An insult caused by a failure to show someone proper respect or attention.
Usage examples:
An unintended slight can create grudges

Slight - all meanings in English

Slighted synonims

disregard

verb
Pay no attention to; ignore.
Usage examples:
The body of evidence is too substantial to disregard

noun
The action or state of paying no attention to something.
Usage examples:
Blatant disregard for the law

noun
Lack of consideration or respect
Usage examples:
The writer has shown a reckless disregard for the truth., the jury was told to disregard the commen…

Disregard - all meanings in English

ignore

verb
Refuse to take notice of or acknowledge; disregard intentionally.
Usage examples:
He ignored her outraged question

verb
Refuse to acknowledge

verb
To give no attention to something or someone
Usage examples:
They ignored our warnings., the mayor ignored the hecklers and went on with her speech.

Ignore - all meanings in English

insult

verb
Speak to or treat with disrespect or scornful abuse.
Usage examples:
You're insulting the woman i love

noun
A disrespectful or scornfully abusive remark or act.
Usage examples:
He hurled insults at us

verb
To act in a way or say something that is offensive or rude to someone
Usage examples:
Don’t insult me just because i can’t dance., an insulting remark, offering me so little money was a…

Insult - all meanings in English

neglect

verb
Fail to care for properly.
Usage examples:
The old churchyard has been sadly neglected

noun
The state of being uncared for.
Usage examples:
The place had a hopeless air of neglect

Neglect - all meanings in English

rebuff

verb
Reject (someone or something) in an abrupt or ungracious manner.
Usage examples:
I asked her to be my wife, and was rebuffed in no uncertain terms

noun
An abrupt or ungracious rejection of an offer, request, or friendly gesture.
Usage examples:
His reserve was not intended as a rebuff

verb
To refuse to accept a suggestion, a request for help, or an offer to help, often in an unfriendly way
Usage examples:
Our request for assistance has been rebuffed., boren’s idea took a sharp rebuff.

Rebuff - all meanings in English

repulse

verb
Drive back (an attack or attacker) by force.
Usage examples:
Rioters tried to storm the ministry but were repulsed by police

noun
The action of driving back an attack or of being driven back.
Usage examples:
The repulse of the invaders

verb
Force or drive back

Repulse - all meanings in English

snub

verb
Rebuff, ignore, or spurn disdainfully.
Usage examples:
He snubbed faculty members and students alike

noun
An act of rebuffing or ignoring someone or something.
Usage examples:
The move was a snub to the government

adjective
(of a person's nose) short and turned up at the end.
Usage examples:
Snub-nosed

Snub - all meanings in English

spurn

verb
Reject with disdain or contempt.
Usage examples:
He spoke gruffly, as if afraid that his invitation would be spurned

noun
An act of spurning.
Usage examples:
It is a spurn of god's sovereignty, and a slight of his goodness

verb
Reject with contempt

Spurn - all meanings in English

take

verb
Lay hold of (something) with one's hands; reach for and hold.
Usage examples:
Mrs morgan took another biscuit

noun
A scene or sequence of sound or vision photographed or recorded continuously at one time.
Usage examples:
He completed a particularly difficult scene in two takes

verb
Get into one's hands

Take - all meanings in English

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