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What is the adjective for detractor?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb detract which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

detractive
  1. Tending to detract or draw.
  2. Tending to lower in estimation; depreciative.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. derogatory, disparaging, slighting, denigratory, belittling, contemptuous, deprecatory, scornful, disdainful, pejorative, uncomplimentary, derisory, degrading, demeaning, depreciatory, depreciative, derogative, denigrative, decrying, critical, disapproving, deprecating, deprecative, derisive, insulting, contumelious, abusive, sneering, detracting, opprobrious, offensive, slanderous, vituperative, scurrilous, humiliating, libellous, defamatory, debasing, mocking, negative, libelous, snide, discrediting, maligning, calumnious, shaming, calumniatory, condescending, scathing, disrespectful … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “They are far from perfect, but from a sonic standpoint they are purely detractive, meaning that they lose information rather than add it.”
      “Beyond this, the detractive gossip attacked the personnel of the new company.”
      “Notwithstanding this detractive feature, Mistress Betty was a good-hearted soul.”
detractory
  1. (now rare) That detracts from something; disparaging, depreciatory.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. pejorative, disparaging, derogatory, denigratory, slighting, belittling, contemptuous, deprecatory, disdainful, scornful, uncomplimentary, degrading, derisory, demeaning, depreciatory, insulting, depreciative, derogative, abusive, denigrative, critical, decrying, detractive, derisive, vituperative, contumelious, rude, disapproving, negative, sneering, debasing, invective, detracting, unpleasant, harsh, irreverent, judgemental, judgmental, downgrading, dyslogistic, sniping, scathing, uncharitable, offensive, defamatory, dismissive, unflattering, snide, libelous, deprecating … more
detractious
  1. (obsolete) Containing detraction; detractory.
detractable
  1. Capable of being detracted.
detracted
  1. simple past tense and past participle of detract
  2. Synonyms:
      3. diminished, decried, derogated, deprecated, belittled, discredited, denigrated, depreciated, minimised, minimized, discounted, undervalued, underrated, trivialised, trivialized, defamed, cheapened, devalued, knocked, vilipended, lessened, reduced, lowered, minified, undermined, weakened, devaluated, decreased, misprized, blistered, disesteemed, backbit, backbitten, withdrew, withdrawn, pooh-poohed, played down, wrote off, written off, made light of, held cheap, soft-pedalled, soft-pedaled, laughed at, brushed aside, glossed over, cut rate, taken away from, took away from, subtracted from … more
detracting
  1. present participle of detract
  2. Synonyms:
      3. diminishing, decrying, derogating, deprecating, belittling, discrediting, denigrating, depreciating, minimising, minimizing, discounting, undervaluing, underrating, trivialising, trivializing, defaming, cheapening, devaluing, knocking, vilipending, lessening, reducing, lowering, minifying, undermining, weakening, devaluating, decreasing, misprizing, blistering, disesteeming, backbiting, withdrawing, pooh-poohing, playing down, writing off, making light of, holding cheap, soft-pedalling, soft-pedaling, laughing at, brushing aside, glossing over, cutting rate, taking away from, subtracting from, distracting, diverting, abstracting, averting … more
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