| DETRACT | • detract v. (Intransitive) To take away; to withdraw or remove. • detract v. (Transitive) To take credit or reputation from; to defame or decry. • DETRACT v. to take away. |
| DETRACTS | • detracts v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of detract. • DETRACT v. to take away. |
| DETRACTED | • detracted v. Simple past tense and past participle of detract. • DETRACT v. to take away. |
| DETRACTOR | • detractor n. A person who belittles the worth of another person or cause. • DETRACTOR n. a belittler or disparager. |
| SIDETRACK | • sidetrack n. (Rail transport) A second, relatively short length of track just to the side of a railroad track, joined… • sidetrack n. (Sometimes) Any auxiliary railroad track, as differentiated from a siding, that runs adjacent to the main track. • sidetrack n. (Mining) A smaller tunnel or well drilled as an auxiliary off a main tunnel or well. |
| DETRACTING | • detracting v. Present participle of detract. • detracting n. Detraction; slander. • DETRACTING adj. taking away. |
| DETRACTION | • detraction n. The act of detracting something, or something detracted; taking away; diminution. • detraction n. A derogatory or malicious statement; a disparagement, misrepresentation or slander. • detraction n. (Roman Catholicism) The act of revealing previously unknown faults of another person to a third person. |
| DETRACTIVE | • detractive adj. Tending to detract or draw. • detractive adj. Tending to lower in estimation; depreciative. • DETRACTIVE adj. tending to detract, also DETRACTORY. |
| DETRACTORS | • detractors n. Plural of detractor. • DETRACTOR n. a belittler or disparager. |
| DETRACTORY | • detractory adj. (Now rare) That detracts from something; disparaging, depreciatory. • DETRACTORY adj. tending to detract, also DETRACTIVE. |
| SIDETRACKS | • sidetracks v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of sidetrack. • side␣tracks n. Plural of side track. • SIDETRACK v. to divert or turn aside. |
| DETRACTINGS | • detractings n. Plural of detracting. • DETRACTING n. the act of taking away from. |
| DETRACTIONS | • detractions n. Plural of detraction. • DETRACTION n. depreciation, slander. |
| DETRACTRESS | • detractress n. (Obsolete) A female detractor. • DETRACTRESS n. a female detractor. |
| SIDETRACKED | • sidetracked v. Simple past tense and past participle of sidetrack. • SIDETRACK v. to divert or turn aside. |
| DETRACTINGLY | • detractingly adv. So as to detract. • DETRACTINGLY adv. DETRACTING. |
| DETRACTIVELY | • detractively adv. In a detractive manner. • DETRACTIVE adv. tending to detract, also DETRACTORY. |
| SIDETRACKING | • sidetracking v. Present participle of sidetrack. • SIDETRACK v. to divert or turn aside. |
| DETRACTRESSES | • detractresses n. Plural of detractress. • DETRACTRESS n. a female detractor. |