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Showing words for DETRACT using the English dictionary

7 Letter Words for Detract

detract, tracted

6 Letter Words for Detract

carted, catted, catter, cedrat, crated, decart, ratted, redact, tarted, tetard, tetrad, traced

5 Letter Words for Detract

acred, acted, adret, arced, arett, atter, cader, cadet, cadre, cared, caret, carte, cater, cedar, cerat, crate, cread, creda, creta, dater, derat, detar, detat, drate, ecart, ectad, raced, rated, react, tacet, tarde, tared, tarte, tater, teart, tecta, tetra, trace, tract, trade, tread, treat

4 Letter Words for Detract

aced, acer, acre, adet, ared, aret, arte, ated, atte, cade, card, care, cart, cate, cera, cert, cred, dace, daer, dare, dart, date, dear, drat, eard, ecad, erat, etat, race, rade, rate, read, recd, rect, retd, tace, tact, tade, taed, tare, tart, tate, tead, tear, teat, teca, tera, trac, trad, trat, tret

3 Letter Words for Detract

ace, act, adc, ade, aer, arc, ard, are, art, ate, att, cad, car, cat, cdr, cer, crt, cte, ctr, dae, dar, dat, dca, dea, dec, der, det, ead, ear, eat, ect, era, erd, ert, eta, etc, rad, rat, rcd, rct, rea, rec, red, rte, tad, tar, tat, tdr, tdt, tea, tec, ted, ter, tet, tra, trt

Definitions for Detract

[1] to take away a part, as from quality, value, or reputation (usually followed by from ).
[2] to draw away or divert; distract: to detract another's attention from more important issues.
[3] Archaic . to take away (a part); abate: The dilapidated barn detracts charm from the landscape.
[4] (when intr, usually foll by from ) to take away a part (of); diminish her anger detracts from her beauty
[5] (tr) to distract or divert
[6] (tr) obsolete to belittle or disparage

Words related to Detract

blister, knock, lower, derogate, undervalue, minimize, reduce, decry, disesteem, discount, discredit, cheapen, decrease, underrate, withdraw, belittle, diminish, backbite, devaluate, depreciate

Words nearby Detract

detoxicate, detoxification, detoxification centre, detoxify, detr, detract, detraction, detractive, detrain, detribalize, detriment

Origin of Detract

1400–50; late Middle English (< Middle French detracter ) < Latin dētractus drawn away (past participle of dētrahere ), equivalent to dē- de- + tractus drawn; see tract1

Other words from Detract

de·tract·ing·ly , adverb
de·trac·tor , noun
un·de·tract·ing , adjective
un·de·tract·ing·ly , adverb

Word origin for Detract

C15: from Latin dētractus drawn away, from dētrahere to pull away, disparage, from de- + trahere to drag

Synonyms for Detract

draw away, backbite, belittle, blister, cheapen, decrease, decry, depreciate, derogate, devaluate, diminish, discount, discredit, disesteem, knock, lower, minimize, reduce, underrate, undervalue, vilipend, withdraw, cut rate, laugh at, misprize, subtract from, write off