Dic: slight (as a verb and noun)

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NOUN:

1. An act that offends a person's sense of pride or dignity:

• affront, contumely, despite, indignity, insult, offense, outrage.
• Idioms: slap in the face.
• See ATTACK.

2. An act or instance of neglecting:

• disregard, neglect, oversight.
• See CARE FOR, CONCERN. 

VERB:

1. To think, represent, or speak of as small or unimportant:

• belittle, decry, denigrate, deprecate, depreciate, derogate, detract, discount, disparage, downgrade, minimize, run down, talk down.
• Idioms: make light (or little) of.
• See ATTACK, SHOW.

2. To refuse to pay attention to (a person); treat with contempt:

• disregard, ignore, neglect. Regional : igg.
• See CONCERN, THOUGHTS.

3. To fail to care for or give proper attention to:

• disregard, ignore, neglect.
• See CARE FOR, CONCERN. 

■ If you are slighted, someone does or says something that insults you by treating you as if your views or feelings are not important. 

• They felt slighted by not being adequately consulted.
• It isn't a slight on my husband that I enjoy my evening class.

...... Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Cobuild