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Adjective: slighting  slI-ting
  1. Tending to diminish or disparage
    "a slighting remark";
    - belittling, deprecating, deprecative, deprecatory, depreciative, depreciatory, depreciating
Verb: slight  slIt
  1. Pay no attention to, disrespect
    "She slighted her ex-fiancé";
    - cold-shoulder

See also: uncomplimentary

Type of: brush aside, brush off [informal], discount, dismiss, disregard, ignore, push aside

Encyclopedia: Slighting

Slight, James