All declinatory synonyms
de·clin·a·tory
D d adj declinatory
- refractory — hard or impossible to manage; stubbornly disobedient: a refractory child.
- belligerent — A belligerent person is hostile and aggressive.
- negative — expressing or containing negation or denial: a negative response to the question.
- irregular — without symmetry, even shape, formal arrangement, etc.: an irregular pattern.
- lessening — to become less.
- abating — to reduce in amount, degree, intensity, etc.; lessen; diminish: to abate a tax; to abate one's enthusiasm.
- ebbing — the flowing back of the tide as the water returns to the sea (opposed to flood, flow).
- contumacious — stubbornly resistant to authority; wilfully obstinate
- divergent — diverging; differing; deviating.
- impatient — not patient; not accepting delay, opposition, pain, etc., with calm or patience.
- rebellious — defying or resisting some established authority, government, or tradition; insubordinate; inclined to rebel.
- recalcitrant — resisting authority or control; not obedient or compliant; refractory.
- restive — impatient of control, restraint, or delay, as persons; restless; uneasy.
- truculent — fierce; cruel; savagely brutal.
- declining — deteriorating gradually, as in quality, health, or character
- objecting — anything that is visible or tangible and is relatively stable in form.
- refusing — to decline to accept (something offered): to refuse an award.
- decrescent — (esp of the moon) decreasing; waning
adjective declinatory
- decreasing — becoming less or fewer; diminishing.