Crossword clues for detracting
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Detract \De*tract"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Detracted; p. pr. & vb. n. Detracting.] [L. detractus, p. p. of detrahere to detract; de + trahere to draw: cf. F. d['e]tracter. See Trace.]
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To take away; to withdraw.
Detract much from the view of the without.
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To take credit or reputation from; to defame.
That calumnious critic . . . Detracting what laboriously we do.
--Drayton.Syn: To derogate; decry; disparage; depreciate; asperse; vilify; defame; traduce. See Decry.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of detract English)
Usage examples of "detracting".
Invincible youth was around the board, and the two colonels lent dignity to the gathering, without detracting from its good cheer.
Oh, had those happy talents misapplied to vain philosophy been turned into their proper channels of dreams and visions, where distortion of mind and countenance are of such sovereign use, the base detracting world would not then have dared to report that something is amiss, that his brain hath undergone an unlucky shake.
She wore glasses, which Emily didn't remember, but instead of detracting from her appearance, the lenses seemed to magnify the violet-blue of her eyes, giving them a dreamy quality.
He stepped forward among the squalling chickens, who, he felt, were detracting from the scene.
I spoke of that knight but as all men speak who have seen him in the field, and had no more interest in defending than thou in detracting from him.