Meaning

1 senses
  1. Tending to detract or belittle; depreciative; defamatory

More definitions
  • causing to decrease in importance or value

Origin

From detract + -ive?

From detract + -ive?

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Forms

more detractive, most detractive
Comparativemore detractive Lesson
Superlativemost detractive Lesson

regular

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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