Another word for detract
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Verb
To think, represent, or speak of as small or unimportant
- (idiomatic) To negotiate a lower price.
- (idiomatic) To speak condescendingly or as though the listener is inferior.
- Small in size, degree, or amount:
- Lacking strength, substance, or solidity; frail:
- Of small importance or consideration; trifling:
- not wound and therefore not running, as a spring-operated clock
- in poor physical condition, as from overwork; debilitated
- fallen into disrepair; dilapidated
- To reduce to the smallest possible amount, extent, size, or degree.
- To represent as having the least degree of importance, value, or size:
- To lower the status, rank, or salary of:
- To minimize the importance, value, or reputation of:
- A descending slope, as in a road.
- To speak of in a slighting or disrespectful way.
- To reduce in esteem or rank.
- To sell or offer for sale at a reduced price:
- To reduce in quantity or value:
- To deduct or subtract from a cost or price:
- To take away; detract:
- To deviate from a standard or expectation; go astray:
- To disparage; belittle.
- To lessen the price or value of:
- To write off an expenditure for (a tangible asset) by prorating over a certain period, usually the estimated useful life of the asset.
- To think or speak of as being of little worth; belittle.
- To express disapproval of; deplore.
- To belittle; depreciate.
- To mark (a component of a software standard) as obsolete to warn against its use in the future so that it may be phased out.
- To attack the character or reputation of; speak ill of; defame:
- To disparage; belittle:
- To condemn as wrong or reprehensible:
- To express disapproval of (a person); denounce:
- To depreciate (currency, for example) by official proclamation or by rumor.
- To represent or speak of as unimportant or contemptible:
- To cause to seem little or smaller than something else:
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Another word for detract
Verb
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- To damage in reputation; disgrace:
- To cause to be doubted or distrusted:
- To refuse to believe:
- To lessen the price or value of:
- To write off an expenditure for (a tangible asset) by prorating over a certain period, usually the estimated useful life of the asset.
- To think or speak of as being of little worth; belittle.
- To take away; detract:
- To deviate from a standard or expectation; go astray:
- To disparage; belittle.
- To take back or away; remove:
- To cause to leave or return:
- To remove (money) from an account.
- To bring down, as in extent, amount, or degree; diminish.
- To gain control of; subject or conquer:
- To subject to destruction:
- To make less; reduce.
- To make little of; belittle.
- To become less; decrease:
- To make smaller or less; reduce or lessen.
- To detract from the authority, reputation, or prestige of:
- To cause to taper.
- To turn aside from a course or direction:
- To distract:
- To entertain by distracting the attention from worrisome thoughts or cares; amuse.
- To make something seem not so good or interesting.
- To become or cause to become less or smaller, as in number, amount, or intensity.
- The act or process of decreasing.
- The amount by which something decreases.
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