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Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.

Slighted

Slighted and betrayed;
And like a rose, just gathered from the stalk,
But only smelt, and cheaply thrown aside,
To wither on the ground.
—John Dryden

Slighted like a rivalled toy.
—Robert U. Johnson