"Detractory" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... behind one's back. fling dirt &c (disrespect) 929; anathematize &c 932; dip the pen in gall, view in a bad light. impugn (disparage the motives of); assail, attack &c 716; oppose &c 708; denounce, accuse &c 938. Adj. detracting &c v.; defamatory, detractory^, derogatory, deprecatory; catty; disparaging, libelous; scurrile, scurrilous; abusive; foul- spoken, foul-tongued, foul-mouthed; slanderous; calumnious, calumniatory^; sarcastic, sardonic; sarcastic, satirical, cynical. ...
— Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: Body • Roget |
