Slighted

Examples

• Shirley can feel when she is slighted and shunned. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Sir Percival merely answered by upbraiding his friend with having unjustifiably slighted his wishes and neglected his interests all through the day. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• You will always feel that I slighted your mother's memory. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• I have been slighted, and taught nothing, and thrown upon myself, and put to work not fit for me. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• She was slighted like and had no say in anything, but it never really became bad for her until after she met Mr. Fowler at a friend's house. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Depend upon it, he would not like to have his charade slighted, much better than his passion. Jane Austen. Emma.
• You loved her when we were boys at school together, and, even then, she was wayward and slighted your young feelings. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Emma could now imagine why her own attentions had been slighted. Jane Austen. Emma.
• What would be the triumph of Mr. Sidney Porkenham when he found that his addresses had been slighted for such a rival! Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• She slighted that, I think? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• An inexpressible sense of wonder occupied me, as I looked at this man, and reflected that _he_ could not be slighted. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• You will be censured, slighted, and despised, by everyone connected with him. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• Waldemar Fitzurse was rather offended than pleased at the Prince stating thus broadly an opinion, that his daughter had been slighted. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• Frank's mother would never have been slighted as she was but for her. Jane Austen. Emma.
• The confidences of lovely women are not to be slighted. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.

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