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detractious

detractious adjective: containing detraction; detractory.

Adjective

detractious (comparative more detractious, superlative most detractious)

  1. (obsolete) Containing detraction; detractory.
    • His hypocritical and detractious aduise1602, Anthony Copley, Another letter […]

Forms of detractious

comparativemore detractious
superlativemost detractious

Questions about detractious

What does detractious mean?
Detractious means containing detraction; detractory.
What part of speech is detractious?
Detractious is an adjective.

Words near detractious in the dictionary

  1. detracting
  2. detractingly
  3. detractings
  4. detraction
  5. detractions
  6. detractious
  7. detractive
  8. detractively
  9. detractiveness
  10. detractor
  11. detractors

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