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View definitions for slighted

slighted

adjective as in insulted

adjective as in unheeded

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Example Sentences

Roman’s also resentful and feeling somewhat slighted by Ashley, with whom he’s always had a sexually open relationship.

The oppressed, psychologically, are the overlooked younger siblings, the new arrivals, slighted by the privilege traditionally accorded to firstborn males.

From Slate

Now is, surely, the time for McIlroy to feel slighted and respond with his his clubs.

From BBC

Phelps and her daughter felt slighted when they thought members of the softball team cheered harder for other players than for Phelps’ daughter, the lawsuit alleges.

The ACC already is feeling slighted after Florida State, a true blue blood with three national championships on its resume, was snubbed by the CFP selection committee last year after star quarterback Jordan Travis was injured.

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