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detract
verb
- intr
detracted, detracting
1. To take away from it or lessen it.
- Thesaurus: lessen, reduce, diminish, devaluate, depreciate, lower, negate, nullify.
- Form: detract from something (chiefly)
noun
noun
- A person who criticizes or belittles someone
- Thesaurus: slanderer, critic, scandalmonger, defamer, backbiter, muck-raker, traducer, reviler, vilifier; Antonym: flatterer, supporter.
