detract
verb
1 detract
Take away a part from; diminish:
— His bad manners detract from his good character.
synonym: take away.
Roget 934:
detract,
derogate,
decry,
deprecate,
depreciate,
disparage;
run down,
cry down;
backcap [U.S.];
belittle;
sneer at
etc.
(contempt)
930;
criticize,
pull to pieces,
pick a hole in one's coat,
asperse,
cast aspersions,
blow upon,
bespatter,
blacken,
vilify,
vilipend†;
avile†;
give a dog a bad name,
brand,
malign;
muckrake;
backbite,
libel,
lampoon,
traduce,
slander,
defame,
calumniate,
bear false witness against;
speak ill of behind one's back.
fling dirt
etc.
(disrespect)
929;
anathematize
etc.
932;
dip the pen in gall,
view in a bad light.
impugn
(disparage the motives of);
assail,
attack
etc.
716;
oppose
etc.
708;
denounce,
accuse
etc.
938.
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Roget 38:
subduct,
subtract;
deduct,
deduce;
bate,
retrench;
remove,
withdraw,
take from,
take away;
detract.
garble,
mutilate,
amputate,
detruncate†;
cut off,
cut away,
cut out;
abscind†,
excise;
pare,
thin,
prune,
decimate;
abrade,
scrape,
file;
geld,
castrate;
eliminate.
diminish
etc.
36;
curtail
etc.
(shorten)
201;
deprive of
etc.
(take)
789;
weaken.
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Dutch: afbreuk
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detracting
adjective
Roget 934:
detracting
etc.
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.
critical
etc.
932.
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