detracts in English

verb

1

reduce or take away the worth or value of.

these quibbles in no way detract from her achievement

synonyms: belittle, take away from, diminish, reduce, lessen, minimize, play down, trivialize, decry, depreciate, devalue, deprecate

2

divert or distract (someone or something) away from.

the complaint was timed to detract attention from the ethics issue

verb

• belittle, take away from, diminish, reduce, lessen, minimize, play down, trivialize, decry, depreciate, devalue, deprecate
• take away

Use "detracts" in a sentence

1. Frowning detracts from her beauty.

2. The dilapidated barn detracts charm from the landscape.

3. Anything that detracts from income I put as a minus.

4. However, in some cases an autograph detracts from value.

5. The defect detracts greatly from the value of the vase.

6. This detracts from the dignity of the Bible’s message.

7. Yet the overheated tone of the book detracts from Lewis' wide-ranging allegations.

8. Synonyms for Backbites include detracts, knocks, libels, rubbishes, abuses, calumniates, defames, denigrates, disparages and maligns

9. There the quantity of Barren overlying rock and earth is enormous, and detracts immensely from the value of the mines

10. The goal is to maintain enough to deter aggressors, but not so much that it detracts from other, more likely missions.

11. Please see my Boston Globe column, in which I discuss the Anachronisms but also point out that focusing on them detracts from the pleasures of this highly entertaining show.

12. In certain circumstances even the omission of an act can involve Contumely, as when someone speaks to all but one in a group and the circumstances are such that this omission detracts

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14. The opposition of those Protestants who are closest to the spirit of primitive Protestantism rests, as we have said, on the fear that whatever is conceded to the authority of the Church detracts Correspondingly from the authority of the Word of God in the Bible.

15. 24 So, too, when a speaker is slumped over, not standing erect, it elicits a feeling of pity on the part of the audience toward the speaker because he does not appear to be well, and this, of course, detracts from the presentation.