Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

detractive

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
de-trac-tive
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Tending to detract or belittle; depreciative; defamatory

Etymology

From detract + -ive?

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more detractive (comparative) most detractive (superlative)

Derived Forms

detractively detractiveness

Rhymes With

active attractive interactive radioactive inactive reactive proactive unattractive refractive hyperactive extractive overactive

Questions

What does detractive mean?
Tending to detract or belittle; depreciative; defamatory
Where does detractive come from?
From detract + -ive?

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