12. scamp, slur over, touch upon, pass over lightly, skim the surface; do negligently, do haphazardly, do heedlessly, do carelessly, do superficially, do perfunctorily; skim over, slip over, skip over, trifle with; play with, toy with, Inf. mess or fool around; dash off, knock off, toss off or out; slough off, cut corners, cut a corner, fribble away; forget, neglect, overlook.
-n. 13. snub, cold shoulder, coldness, indifference. See snub (def. 5).
14. affront, insult, slur, dig, barb. See snub (def. 6).
15. rudeness, disrespect, ill-treatment. See snub (def. 7). slighting, adj. 1. offensive, insulting, Archaic. affrontive, disparaging, denouncing, derogatory, depreciating; disdainful, contemptuous, contemning, contemnible, supercilious, contumelious, scouting, flouting; scornful, derisive, jeering, ridiculing, mocking, scoffing; twitting, gibing, taunting, fleering; hissing, booing, catcalling.
2. abusive, vilifying, vituperative, impugnable, traducing, slurring, calumnious; blasphemous, scurrilous, irreverent, sarcastic; profane, ribald, foulmouthed, obscene, vulgar; maligning, defamatory, denigrating, slanderous, libelous; injurious, harmful, damaging, invidious; vexatious, provoking, aggravating, incensing, inflammatory, exasperating, tedsing, distressing; irritating, chafing, disturbing, annoying, displeasing.
3. rude, impolite, disrespectful, discourteous, un-courteous, uncivil, incivil, dishonorable; insincere, indirect, backhand, backhanded; impertinent, insolent, flippant, impudent, fresh, saucy, bold, Archaic. malapert; ill-mannered, ill-bred, ill-behaved, unrefined; surly, bad-tempered, ill-tempered; obnoxious, objectionable, odious.
4. snobby, cold, cool, icy, arrogant, haughty, exclusive; indifferent, aloof, neglectful; humiliating, belittling; shameful, disgraceful, opprobrious, degrading, ignominious; blunt, gruff, brusque, harsh, acrimonious; caustic, cutting, trenchant; overbearing, obtrusive. slim, adj. 1. slender, thin, gracile; spare, slight, lean; lithe, svelte, willowy, slinky.
2. poor, inferior, second-rate, third-rate; inadequate, unsuitable, unacceptable, unsatisfactory; sorry, sad, pitiful, pathetic.
3. small, inconsiderable, insignificant, meager, scanty; trifling, piddling, petty; puny, paltry, Inf. measly, Inf. chintzy, Inf. skimpy, Inf. rotten, SI. lousy, SI. crummy.
-v. 4. slenderize, thin down; reduce, lose weight, take off weight, shed pounds, slime, n. mud, muck, ooze, sludge, Inf. glop, Inf. gunk, SI. guck, Inf. goo, SI. goop; slush, slosh, mush, squash, mess, slop, swill, Irish, slob, slimy, adj. 1. muddy, mucky, miry, oozy, sludgy, SI. gloppy, Inf. gunky, Inf. gooey, SI. goopy; messy, sloppy, slushy, sloshy, mushy, soft, spongy, squashy, squishy, splashy, plashy; marshy, marshlike, Archaic. marish, boggy, boggish, swampy, swampish, moory, poachy, paludal, fenny, quaggy, quagmiry, sloughy.
2. foul, vile, noxious, obnoxious, offensive, sickening, disgusting, nauseating, loathsome, repulsive; putrid, rotten, decayed, bad, off.
3. despicable, contemptible, beneath contempt, base, hateful. sling, n. 1. slingshot, catapult, mortar, arbalest, trebuchet.
2. bandage, strap, band, loop; support, brace.
-v. 3. fling, flirt, heave, jerk, cant, shoot, fire;
propel, project, jaculate, catapult; cast, throw, toss, dart, shy, chuck, pitch, dash, let fly, send, launch.