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Showing words for DETRACTING using the English dictionary

10 Letter Words for Detracting

detracting

9 Letter Words for Detracting

deratting, redacting

8 Letter Words for Detracting

antergic, aretting, argentic, catering, citrange, citrated, creating, crinated, decating, derating, dicentra, dratting, gnattier, gradient, interact, nictated, nitrated, reacting, redating, tetracid, tetradic, tracting, treading, treating

7 Letter Words for Detracting

andrite, anergic, angrite, antired, areding, atretic, attinge, attired, cadgier, cairned, candier, candite, cantier, cantred, carding, carnied, carting, cattier, catting, centiar, centrad, ceratin, certain, citrate, citrean, cittern, crating, crinate, cringed, dancier, darting, dearing, degrain, deraign, detract, detrain, diantre, dictate, dragnet, earding, garnett, garnice, garniec, gattine, geranic, geratic, gittern, gnatter, gradine, grained, granite, granted, gratine, gratten, grecian, gritted, gritten, incaged, ingrate, ingreat, intrate, iterant, nacrite, nattier, negrita, nictate, nitrate, radient, ratting, reading, retting, tacrine, tainted, tangier, tantric, tartine, tarting, tearing, tendrac, teratic, tergant, tertian, tetanic, tincted, tintage, tracing, tracted, trading, tradite, trained, tranced, tranect, tranted, triaged, trident

6 Letter Words for Detracting

acerin, acetin, acider, acrite, actine, acting, adient, adrent, aigret, airned, airted, andric, anetic, anteri, arcing, ardent, argent, argine, aridge, attend, attern, attice, attire, cadent, cadger, cagier, candie, canier, canted, canter, cardie, cardin, caried, carien, caring, carnet, carted, cating, catted, catter, cattie, cearin, cedarn, ceding, cedrat, cedrin, centai, centra, cering, cinder, cinter, cnidae, cradge, craned, cranet, crated, creant, credit, cretan, cretin, criant, crined, crinet, cringe, dacite, daeing, dancer, danger, daring, dating, decani, decant, decart, denari, dering, detain, detant, dingar, dinger, direct, dirten, dracin, draine, dreint, earing, eating, enatic, endart, endict, engird, engirt, engrid, entria, ericad, gadite, gained, gainer, gaited, gaiter, gander, ganted, garden, garnet, garten, gatten, gatter, gedact, girned, girted, gitter, graced, gradin, graine, grande, granet, grated, gratin, grenat, incage, indart, indear, ingate, intact, nacred, narced, natter, nectar, nerita, nidate, nidget, nitred, nitter, nritta, racine, racing, rained, raited, ranced, rancid, randie, ranged, ranted, ratine, rating, ratite, ratted, ratten, reagin, recant, redact, reding, regain, regian, regina, retain, retina, retint, rident, ringed, ritted, taeing, tainte, tairge, tanged, tanger, tangie, tanier, tanrec, tantie, targed, target, taring, tarted, tarten, teaing, tercia, tertia, tetard, tetrad, tetric, tienda, tienta, tietac, tinage, tinder, tinged, tinger, tinted, tinter, tirade, tirage, traced, tragic, trance, triace, triact, triage, tricae, triced, trigae, trined, tringa

5 Letter Words for Detracting

acier, acing, acned, acred, acrid, acted, actin, adige, adret, aegir, aeric, agend, agent, agric, agrin, aider, aiger, aired, ancre, andre, anger, anted, antic, antre, arced, arend, areng, arent, arett, argin, arite, artic, ating, atren, atter, attic, attid, cader, cadet, cadge, cadie, cadre, caged, cager, cagit, caird, cairn, caned, caner, canid, cardi, cared, caret, carid, carne, carte, cater, cedar, ceint, centi, cerat, ceria, cerin, cetin, cider, cigar, cited, citer, cnida, craie, craig, crain, crane, crang, crate, cread, creda, crena, creta, cried, crine, daine, daint, dairt, dance, danic, dante, daric, dater, deair, dearn, decan, deign, denar, denat, derat, deric, derig, detar, detat, detin, diact, diane, dicer, dicta, digne, dinar, diner, dinge, dirca, dirge, diter, drain, drang, drant, drate, dreng, drent, drice, ecart, ectad, edgar, edict, egrid, enact, encia, endia, eniac, entad, entia, erica, ering, etang, ettin, gader, gaine, gaitt, garce, garde, garni, gated, gater, geira, genic, genit, getid, giant, gidar, gnide, grace, grade, grain, grand, grane, grant, grate, great, grein, greit, greta, grice, gride, grind, grint, idant, ident, ideta, inact, incra, indra, inert, inger, inter, intra, irade, irate, irena, nacre, nadir, naric, necia, nicad, nicer, nidge, niger, nigra, niter, nitta, raced, radge, ragde, raged, raine, rance, range, ranid, rated, ratti, react, recit, recti, redan, redia, redig, regia, regin, regna, reign, reina, renga, renig, retag, retan, retia, retin, riant, riced, riden, ridge, ringe, tacet, tacit, taint, tairn, tangi, tanti, tarde, tared, targe, tarie, tarin, tarte, tater, tatie, tatin, teart, tecta, teind, tenai, tenga, tenia, terai, terga, terna, tetra, tetri, tiang, ticed, ticer, tiger, tinca, tinct, tinea, tined, tinge, tinta, tired, titan, titar, titer, trace, tract, trade, tragi, train, trait, trant, tread, treat, trend, triac, triad, trica, trice, tride, tried, triga, trina, trine, trite

4 Letter Words for Detracting

aced, acer, acid, acne, acre, actg, aden, adet, adit, aged, agen, ager, aget, agin, agit, agni, aide, aine, aint, aire, airn, airt, ance, anet, anre, ante, anti, ared, areg, aren, aret, arid, arni, arte, ated, atte, attn, cade, cadi, cage, caid, cain, cair, cand, cane, cang, cant, card, care, carn, cart, cate, cedi, cent, cera, cern, cert, ceti, cide, cine, cira, cire, cite, crag, cran, cred, crig, crin, crit, ctge, dace, daer, dain, dane, dang, dant, dare, darg, dari, darn, dart, date, dean, dear, deia, deni, dent, dern, deti, detn, diag, dian, dice, dict, dier, diet, dine, ding, dint, dire, dirt, dita, dite, ditt, drag, drat, dreg, drie, eadi, eard, earn, ecad, edit, egad, eira, engr, entr, erat, eria, eric, erin, etat, etic, etna, gade, gadi, gaen, gaet, gaid, gain, gair, gait, gane, gant, gard, gare, gari, garn, gart, gate, gatt, gean, gear, geat, geic, gein, geir, geit, gena, gent, geta, gied, gien, gird, gire, girn, girt, gite, gnar, gnat, grad, gran, grat, gren, gret, grid, grin, grit, iare, iced, icer, idea, igad, inca, incr, inde, inga, inta, intr, iran, ired, iter, nace, nagi, naid, naig, narc, nard, nare, natr, near, neat, nerd, neti, ngai, nice, nide, nied, race, rade, rage, ragi, raid, rain, rait, rand, rane, rang, rant, rate, read, rean, recd, rect, regd, regt, rein, reit, rend, rent, retd, rgen, rice, ride, riga, rind, rine, ring, rita, rite, ritt, tace, tact, tade, taed, taen, taig, tain, tait, tane, tang, tare, tari, tarn, tart, tate, tead, tean, tear, teat, teca, tega, tend, teng, tent, tera, tern, tiar, tice, tide, tied, tien, tier, tige, tinc, tind, tine, ting, tint, tire, tite, trac, trad, trag, trat, tret, trid, trie, trig, trin, trit, trna

3 Letter Words for Detracting

ace, act, adc, ade, aer, age, agr, agt, aid, ain, air, ait, anc, and, ane, ant, arc, ard, are, arg, arn, art, ate, att, cad, cag, cai, can, car, cat, cdg, cdr, cen, cer, cia, cid, cie, cig, cir, cit, crt, cte, ctg, ctn, ctr, dae, dag, dan, dar, dat, dca, dea, dec, deg, dei, den, der, det, dia, die, dig, din, dir, dit, dna, ead, ean, ear, eat, ecg, ect, eir, enc, end, eng, era, erd, erg, ern, ert, eta, etc, gad, gan, gar, gat, gcd, ged, gen, ger, get, gid, gie, gin, git, gra, gtc, gtd, gte, gtt, ice, ida, ide, ign, inc, ind, ing, int, ira, ire, ita, itd, nad, nae, nag, nar, nat, nea, ned, neg, nei, net, nid, nie, nig, nit, rad, rag, rai, ran, rat, rcd, rct, rea, rec, red, reg, rei, ria, rid, rie, rig, rin, rit, rna, rnd, rte, rti, tad, tag, tai, tan, tar, tat, tdr, tdt, tea, tec, ted, teg, ten, ter, tet, tgn, tgt, tic, tid, tie, tig, tin, tit, tng, tnt, tra, tri, trt

Definitions for Detracting

[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 Detracting

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

Words nearby Detracting

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

Origin of Detracting

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 Detracting

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

Word origin for Detracting

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

Synonyms for Detracting

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