slighting
adjective
1. tending to diminish or disparage
- a slighting remark
Similar word(s): uncomplimentary, belittling, deprecating, deprecative, deprecatory, depreciative, depreciatory
noun
1. The act of giving a slight or snub.
2. (military) The full or partial demolition of a fortification, rendering it no longer defensible.
verb
1. present participle of slight
- His slighting of the company chairman was considered to be inappropriate behaviour.