Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

despective

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
de-spec-tive
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Disparaging, derogatory; looking down upon.

noun

A disparaging/derogatory word or form of a word; a word or form indicative of the speaker's tendency to look down on the referent.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From despect + -ive.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more despective (comparative) most despective (superlative) despectives (plural)

Questions

What does despective mean?
Disparaging, derogatory; looking down upon.
Where does despective come from?
From despect + -ive.

How to pronounce despective

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