📖 Definitions of "Detracts"
verb
- 1
To take away; to withdraw or remove.
- 2
To take credit or reputation from; to defame or decry.
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Detracts"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| take awayverb | To remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it. |
| contraryverb | (obsolete) To oppose; to frustrate. |
| debasesverb | (transitive) To lower in character, quality, or value; to degrade. |
| degradesverb | (transitive) To lower in value or social position. |
| diminishesverb | (transitive) To make smaller. |
| erodesverb | To wear away by abrasion, corrosion, or chemical reaction. |
| impairsverb | (transitive) To weaken; to affect negatively; to have a diminishing effect on. |
| nightverb | (intransitive) To spend a night (in a place), to overnight. |
| underminesverb | (figuratively) To weaken or work against; to hinder, sabotage. |
| detractionsnoun | A derogatory or malicious statement; a disparagement, misrepresentation or slander. |
| disparagesverb | To dishonor by a comparison with what is inferior; to lower in rank or estimation by actions or words; to speak slightingly of; to depreciate; to undervalue. |
| disparageverb | To dishonor by a comparison with what is inferior; to lower in rank or estimation by actions or words; to speak slightingly of; to depreciate; to undervalue. |
| derogateverb | (transitive) To detract from (something); to disparage, belittle. |
| alienatesverb | To estrange; to withdraw affections or attention from; to make indifferent or averse, where love or friendship before subsisted. |
| denigratesverb | (transitive) To criticise so as to besmirch; traduce, disparage or defame. |
| derogatingverb | (transitive) To detract from (something); to disparage, belittle. |
| derogative | Disparaging; tending or intending to be belittling. |
| disparaging | Insulting, ridiculing. |
| demotivateverb | (transitive) To decrease the motivation of a person or a group. |
| dislikesverb | (transitive) To have a feeling of aversion or antipathy towards; not to like. |
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