Synonyms of detractive

detractive

adjective

as in slighting

intended to make a person or thing seem of little importance or value

used the detractive epithet "McJob" to describe what his feckless son-in-law did for work

Synonyms & Similar Words

• slighting
• depreciative
• insulting
• contemptuous
• disparaging
• disdainful
• critical
• degrading
• malicious
• depreciatory
• uncomplimentary
• derogative
• pejorative
• denigratory
• derogatory
• abusive
• deprecatory
• demeaning
• scornful
• denigrative
• derisory
• belittling
• nasty
• hateful
• libelous
• decrying
• venomous
• scurrilous
• cruel
• slanderous
• despiteful
• spiteful
• opprobrious
• calumnious
• unkind
• malevolent
• malignant
• libellous
• virulent
• defamatory
• caustic
• aspersing
• maligning
• malign
• slandering
• envious
• acrid
• vilifying
• mean
• bitter
• jealous
• denunciatory
• resentful
• acrimonious
• scathing
• jaundiced
• denunciative
• catty
• rancorous

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• laudatory
• commendatory
• positive
• complimentary
• friendly
• laudative
• adulatory
• sympathetic
• appreciative
• respectful
• admiring
• approving
• kind
• applauding
• warm
• kindly
• unmalicious
• kindhearted
• warmhearted

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• laudatory
• commendatory
• positive
• complimentary
• friendly
• laudative
• adulatory
• sympathetic
• appreciative
• respectful
• admiring
• approving
• kind
• applauding
• warm
• kindly
• unmalicious
• kindhearted
• warmhearted

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