as in insults
an act or expression showing scorn and usually intended to hurt another's feelings
refused to respond to their petty slights
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as in offends
to cause hurt feelings or deep resentment in
the dancers felt slighted by the harsh comments of the judges
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as in isolates
to deliberately ignore or treat rudely
as a temp worker, she often feels slighted by the people she has to work with
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as in disdains
to show contempt for
music critics who slight any style of music that doesn't fit their personal taste
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as in ignores
to fail to give proper attention to
slighted several major authors in her survey of 20th-century fiction
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Recent Examples of slights
Peter Bart, Deadline, 8 Jan. 2026
Both siblings decline to cite specific examples of slights.
—Alice Park, Time, 5 Jan. 2026
Payton’s always also been a master at feeding slights, real or perceived, to his own team.
—Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 22 Dec. 2025
As the plot gets moving, slights against Claire pile up quickly.
—Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 9 Dec. 2025
Some feminists saw that as presumption, skipping the long price of admission—slights, salaries, stares.
—James Marcus, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
King’s calm way of dealing with racist slights grated on Tony Coleman, a Black drummer 30 years his junior who joined his band in 1978.
—Todd Longwell, Variety, 18 Sep. 2025
Leonora measures out her days in courtesies and slights, the former dominating the beginning of the book, the latter rapidly gaining ground.
—Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2025
He was reminded that his career had been shaped by overcoming doubts and slights going back to high school, when he was offered the same amount of Division I football scholarships that were offered to the average sportswriter who covers him.
—Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
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On the female side of the acting ballots, competitors this season exercised no such constraint especially in challenging critical slights.
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Men sneered contemptuously at them, while teenagers used their names as insults.—
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The Marty Supreme scene in question sees Shark Tank's Kevin O'Leary (in his first screen acting role), who plays businessman Milton Rockwell, physically punish Chalamet's Marty for several insults Marty deals Milton throughout the movie.—
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If that language offends you — come on.—
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If one employee offends another, they are fired on the spot.—
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The standing side crunch isolates each side of your waist and strengthens your obliques.—
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Far from being mere idle chit-chat, small talk proves to be an invaluable ally in cultivating social health—a precious virtue in a world where hyperconnection increasingly isolates us from one another.—
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California’s Democratic establishment disdains Citizen Pratt.—
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Kleinfeld disdains the concept of work-life separation.—
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In episode six, Max and Holly find the memory that Henry has been hiding from, and while Max kind of ignores it, Holly hangs back and watches how Henry is affected by having killed that man.—
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That demand ignores long-standing practice, misunderstands the Bears’ legal obligations and risks undermining one of Illinois’ most important economic assets.—
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Content that outrages, polarizes or triggers anxiety keeps us watching.—
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The Fighting Irish take a stand, McDonald’s launches a holiday hit, and the Golden Globes’ new category snubs a major player.—
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But Chelsea arrives and promptly snubs Mary, reigniting their beef over last season’s pants-gate.—
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Lee disrespects national park values with these twin bills, and Curtis, who likes to tout his nature sensitivity on hikes with constituents, should know better.—
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The premiere episode opens with Colter starting a brawl in a small town bar after another patron disrespects the bartender.—
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“Slights.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slights. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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