Retardative
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retardative — adjective That retards … Wiktionary
retardative — rɪ tÉ‘rdÉ™tɪv / tÉ‘Ëd adj. slowing, hindering, delaying; arrestive, causing a stoppage … English contemporary dictionary
retardative — re·tard·a·tive … English syllables
retardative — rə̇ˈtärdəd.iv adjective Etymology: retardate (I) + ive : relating to, expressing, or tending to cause retardation … Useful english dictionary
retardation — retardative /ri tahr deuh tiv/, retardatory /ri tahr deuh tawr ee, tohr ee/, adj. /ree tahr day sheuhn/, n. 1. the act of retarding or state of being retarded. 2. something that retards; hindrance. 3. slowness or limitation in intellectual… … Universalium
retardive — adjective That retards; retardative … Wiktionary
retardation — noun a) The act of retarding or delaying; hindrance. b) The extent to which anything is retarded; the result of any retarding or delay; mental, social, or physical slowness. See Also: retard, retardan … Wiktionary
retarder — [ r(ə)tarde ] v. <conjug. : 1> • 1175 « tarder à, hésiter »; lat. retardare, de tardus « tard » I ♦ V. tr. 1 ♦ (XIVe) Faire arriver plus tard qu il ne faut, après le moment fixé ou attendu. Deux mots seulement, je ne veux pas vous retarder … Encyclopédie Universelle
complaining — Synonyms and related words: Jeremianic, beef, beefing, bellyache, bellyaching, bitch, bitching, complaint, complaintful, crabbing, crabby, cranky, croaking, destructive criticism, disappointed, discontented, disgruntled, displeased, disputatious … Moby Thesaurus
disputatious — Synonyms and related words: aggressive, argumental, argumentative, bellicose, belligerent, bickering, cat and dog, cat and doggish, combative, complaining, contentious, controversial, dialectic, disputing, dissentient, dissenting, divisive,… … Moby Thesaurus
