单词 | detractive |
释义 | detractiveadj. 1. Conveying, of the nature of, or given to, detraction; disparaging, depreciative, defamatory, calumnious. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > disparagement or depreciation > [adjective] detractive1490 detracting1530 derogatory1570 reproachful1574 detractory1585 disadvantageous1620 detractious1626 derogatingc1629 undervaluing1639 disparaging1645 derogative1646 diminutive1662 diminishing1675 vilipendinga1722 belittling1793 depreciatory1805 vilipensive1824 depreciating1837 detractatory1860 vilipenditory1884 depreciant1885 slurring1892 hatemongering1926 denigratory1955 marginalizing1977 1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos vi. 23 To saye wordes detractiues. 1618 G. Chapman tr. Hesiod Georgicks 40 Whispering out detractive obloquies. 1633 Bp. T. Morton Discharge Five Imputations 276 (T.) An envious and detractive adversary. 1767 O. Goldsmith Rom. Hist. II. 342 Envious and detractive. 1822 Examiner 154/1 Walpole shines more in the detractive and satirical, than in the candid and urbane. 2. Tending to detract from: see detract v. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > deduction > [adjective] > tending to detract from detractory1648 detractive1654 1654 W. Montagu Miscellanea Spiritualia: 2nd Pt. iii. §2 (R.) Admitting the being of evil not at all detractive from God. 1830 Examiner 5/2 Looked upon as detractive from the merits of a production. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > equipment for treating wound or ulcer > [adjective] > poultice or plaster > type of detractive1580 stictic1638 1580 E. Knight Triall of Truth f. 28 [The surgeon] straightway will apply a detractiue plaister. Derivatives detractively adv. ΚΠ 1895 N.E.D. at Detractive Mod. A review detractively written. deˈtractiveness n. ΚΠ 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Detractiveness, detracting Quality or Humour. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < |
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