detract

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /dɪˈtɹækt/

Verb

detract (detracts, present participle detracting; past and past participle detracted)

1. (intransitive) To take away; to withdraw or remove.
2. (transitive) To take credit or reputation from; to defame or decry.

   • That calumnious critic […] / Detracting what laboriously we do.

Synonyms

• (to take credit or reputation from; to defame or decry) defame, decry
• See also Thesaurus:defame

Translations

• Russian: отнима́ть

Translations

• Russian: умалять
• Spanish: desvirtuar

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