detracting
Meaning of detracting
- diminish the worth or value of (a quality or achievement).
these quibbles in no way detract from her achievement
- cause someone or something to be distracted or diverted from.
the complaint was timed to detract attention from the ethics issue
the role did not include operational responsibilities that would detract him from his work
late Middle English: from Latin detract- ‘drawn away’, from the verb detrahere, from de- ‘away from’ + trahere ‘draw’.
Information about detracting
- It is a verb.
- The plural form of detracting is: detractings.
- Languages in which detracting is used:
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Hyphenation of detracting
de-tract-ing
- It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
- detracting is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
detracting synonyms
Meaning dismiss (someone or something) as unimportant:
Meaning make or become less:
Meaning make smaller or less in amount, degree, or size:
Meaning make or become less; diminish:
Meaning reduce (something, especially something undesirable) to the smallest possible amount or degree:
Meaning less high in position:
Meaning deduct an amount from (the usual price of something):
Meaning make (something) seem less important, significant, or complex than it really is:
Meaning publicly denounce:
Meaning diminish in value over a period of time:
Meaning criticize unfairly; disparage:
Meaning reduce or underestimate the worth or importance of:
Meaning express disapproval of:
Meaning detract from:
Meaning fail to appreciate the value of (something); undervalue:
detracting antonyms
Meaning intensify, increase, or further improve the quality, value, or extent of:
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