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detractive

detractive adjective: tending to detract or belittle; depreciative; defamatory.

Adjective

detractive (comparative more detractive, superlative most detractive)

  1. Tending to detract or belittle; depreciative; defamatory

Forms of detractive

comparativemore detractive
superlativemost detractive

Origin of detractive

From detract + -ive?

Words formed from detractive

Words that rhyme with detractive

14 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about detractive

What does detractive mean?
Detractive means tending to detract or belittle; depreciative; defamatory.
What part of speech is detractive?
Detractive is an adjective.

Words near detractive in the dictionary

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

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