DETRACTIVE
De*tract"ive, a.
1. Tending to detractor draw. [R.]
2. Tending to lower in estimation; depreciative.
DETRACTIVENESS
De*tract"ive*ness, n.
Defn: The quality of being detractive.
DETRACTOR
De*tract"or, n. Etym: [L.: cf. F. détracteur.]
Defn: One who detracts; a derogator; a defamer.
His detractors were noisy and scurrilous. Macaulay.
Syn.
— Slanderer; calumniator; defamer; vilifier.
DETRACTORY
De*tract"o*ry, a.
Defn: Defamatory by denial of desert; derogatory; calumnious. Sir T.
Browne.