Detractive
Detractive adjective - Intended to make a person or thing seem of little importance or value.
Usage example: used the detractive epithet “McJob” to describe what his feckless son-in-law did for work
Scornful and detractive are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Scornful" instead an adjective "Detractive".
Scornful
Scornful adjective - Intended to make a person or thing seem of little importance or value.
Usage example: the tenant's complaints were met with the scornful observation that he expected too much for the rent he was paying
Detractive and scornful are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Detractive" instead an adjective "Scornful".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- critical and detractive
- critical and scornful
- offensive and detractive
- offensive and scornful
- opprobrious and detractive
- opprobrious and scornful
- insulting and detractive
- insulting and scornful
- contemptuous and detractive
- contemptuous and scornful
- derisive and detractive
- derisive and scornful
- deprecatory and detractive
- deprecatory and scornful
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