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DETRACTORY

Definition: DETRACTORY

DETRACTORY

Adjective

1. Defamatory by denial of desert; derogatory; calumnious.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Synonyms within Context: DETRACTORY

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Detraction	Adjective: detracting;Verb: defamatory, detractory, derogatory, deprecatory; catty; disparaging, libelous; scurrile, scurrilous; abusive; foul-spoken, foul-tongued, foul-mouthed; slanderous; calumnious, calumniatory; sarcastic, sardonic; sarcastic, satirical, cynical.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: DETRACTORY

English words defined with "DETRACTORY": Detractious. (references)

Etymologies containing "DETRACTORY": Detractious. (references)

Modern Translation: DETRACTORY

Language		Translations for "DETRACTORY"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		ulës (detractive), shpifës (calumniator, calumniatory, calumnious, defamatory, detractive, detractor, deviser, libeller, libellous, scandalmonger, slanderous), pakësues (detractive). (various references)

Bulgarian		злословен (detractive). (various references)

Czech		pomluvený (calumnious). (various references)

Pig Latin		etractoryday.(various references)

Russian		умаляющий достоинства (detractive). (various references)

Swedish		smädlig (opprobrious), förringande (depreciation, depreciatory, derogation, derogatory, detraction, detractive, extenuation). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: DETRACTORY

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-d-e-o-r-r-t-t-y"
	-1 letter: detractor.
	-2 letters: redactor, retroact.
	-3 letters: carroty, cattery, cordate, corrade, creator, detract, reactor, rectory, redcoat, retract, rotated, tracery, tractor.
	-4 letters: adorer, artery, carder, carrot, carted, carter, catted, coated, coater, corder, cottae, cottar, cotter, crated, crater, darter, dotter, dreary, orated, ratted, ratter, record, rector, redact, retard, retort, roared, rotary, rotate, rotted, rotter, tarred, tarted, tarter, tetrad.
	Words containing the letters "a-c-d-e-o-r-r-t-t-y"
	+4 letters: diffractometry, endarterectomy.
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