English-Thai Dictionary

detract

VI ลด ค่า  ลด ความสำคัญ  เสื่อมเสีย  degrade derograte appreciate lod-kar

 

detract

VT ทำให้ เบี่ยน เบน  ทำให้ หันเห  tam-hai-biang-ben

 

detract from

PHRV ทำให้ ลดลง (คุณ ค่า  ความสำคัญ  ผลกระทบ  take away from take from tam-hai-lod-long

 

detraction

N การ ลด ค่า  การ ลด ความสำคัญ  การ เสื่อมเสีย  compliment praise kan-lod-kar

 

detractive

A ที่ ลด ค่า 

 

detractiveness

N การ เคลื่อนย้าย ลด ค่า 

 

detractor

N ผู้ กล่าวร้าย  phu-klao-rai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DETRACT

v.t.[L., to draw. See Draw and Drag. ] 1. Literally, to draw from. Hence, to take away from reputation or merit, through envy, malice or other motive; hence, to detract from, is to lessen or depreciate reputation or worth; to derogate from.
Never circulate reports that detract from the reputation or honor of your neighbor, without obvious necessity to justify the act.
2. To take away; to withdraw, in a literal sense.

 

DETRACTION

n.[L.] The act of taking something from the reputation or worth of another, with the view to lessen him in estimation; censure; a lessening of worth; the act of depreciating another, from envy or malice. Detraction may consist in representing merit, as less than it really is; or in the imputation of faults, vices or crimes, which impair reputation; and if such imputation is false, it is slander or defamation.

 

DETRACTIOUS

a.Containing detraction; lessening reputation. [Not in use. ]

 

DETRACTIVE

a.Having the quality or tendency to lessen the worth or estimation.

 

DETRACTOR

n.One who takes away or impairs the reputation of another injuriously; one who attempts to lessen the worth or honor of another.

 

DETRACTORY

a.Derogatory; defamatory by denial of desert; with from.

 

DETRACTRESS

n.A female detractor; a censorious woman.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DETRACT

De *tract ", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Detracted; p. pr. & vb. n.Detracting.] Etym: [L. detractus, p. p. of detrahere to detract; de + trahere to draw: cf. F. détracter. See Trace. ]

 

1. To take away; to withdraw. Detract much from the view of the without. Sir H. Wotton.

 

2. To take credit or reputation from; to defame. That calumnious critic. .. Detracting what laboriously we do. Drayton.

 

Syn. -- To derogate; decry; disparage; depreciate; asperse; vilify; defame; traduce. See Decry.

 

DETRACT

DETRACT De *tract ", v. i.

 

Defn: To take away a part or something, especially from one's credit; to lessen reputation; to derogate; to defame; -- often with from. It has been the fashion to detract both from the moral and literary character of Cicero. V. Knox.

 

DETRACTER

DETRACTER De *tract "er, n.

 

Defn: One who detracts; a detractor. Other detracters and malicious writers. Sir T. North.

 

DETRACTINGLY

DETRACTINGLY De *tract "ing *ly, adv.

 

Defn: In a detracting manner.

 

DETRACTION

De *trac "tion, n. Etym: [F. détraction, L. detractio.]

 

1. A taking away or withdrawing. [Obs. ] The detraction of the eggs of the said wild fowl. Bacon.

 

2. The act of taking away from the reputation or good name of another; a lessening or cheapening in the estimation of others; the act of depreciating another, from envy or malice; calumny.

 

Syn. -- Depreciation; disparagement; derogation; slander; calumny; aspersion; censure.

 

DETRACTIOUS

DETRACTIOUS De *trac "tious, a.

 

Defn: Containing detraction; detractory. [R.] Johnson.

 

DETRACTIVE

DETRACTIVE De *tract "ive, a.

 

1. Tending to detractor draw. [R.]

 

2. Tending to lower in estimation; depreciative.

 

DETRACTIVENESS

DETRACTIVENESS De *tract "ive *ness, n.

 

Defn: The quality of being detractive.

 

DETRACTOR

De *tract "or, n. Etym: [L.: cf. F. détracteur. ]

 

Defn: One who detracts; a derogator; a defamer. His detractors were noisy and scurrilous. Macaulay.

 

Syn. -- Slanderer; calumniator; defamer; vilifier.

 

DETRACTORY

DETRACTORY De *tract "o *ry, a.

 

Defn: Defamatory by denial of desert; derogatory; calumnious. Sir T. Browne.

 

DETRACTRESS

DETRACTRESS De *tract "ress, n.

 

Defn: A female detractor. Addison.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

detract

de tract |diˈtrakt dəˈtrækt | ▶verb 1 [ no obj. ] (detract from ) reduce or take away the worth or value of: these quibbles in no way detract from her achievement. • [ with obj. ] deny or take away (a quality or achievement ) so as to make its subject seem less impressive: it detracts not one iota from the credit due to them. 2 [ with obj. ] (detract someone /something from ) divert or distract (someone or something ) away from: the complaint was timed to detract attention from the ethics issue. DERIVATIVES de trac tion |-ˈtrakSHən |noun, de trac tive |-ˈtraktiv |adjective ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin detract- ‘drawn away, ’ from the verb detrahere, from de- ‘away from ’ + trahere ‘draw. ’

 

detractor

de trac tor |diˈtraktər dəˈtræktər | ▶noun a person who disparages someone or something.

 

Oxford Dictionary

detract

de |tract |dɪˈtrakt | ▶verb [ no obj. ] (detract from ) diminish the worth or value of (a quality or achievement ): these quibbles in no way detract from her achievement. • [ with obj. ] take away (a specified amount ) from the worth or value of a quality or achievement. DERIVATIVES detraction noun, detractive adjective ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin detract- ‘drawn away ’, from the verb detrahere, from de- ‘away from ’ + trahere ‘draw ’.

 

detractor

de |tract ¦or |dɪˈtraktə (r )| ▶noun a person who disparages someone or something.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

detract

detract verb my reservations should not detract from the book's excellence: belittle, take away from, diminish, reduce, lessen, minimize, play down, trivialize, decry, depreciate, devalue, deprecate.

 

detractor

detractor noun detractors never deterred me from pursuing my art: critic, disparager, denigrator, deprecator, belittler, attacker, fault-finder, backbiter; slanderer, libeler; informal knocker.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

detract

detract verb 1 the few reservations I have expressed are not intended to detract from the book's excellence: belittle, take away from, diminish, reduce, lessen, minimize, lower, make light of, play down, discount, soft-pedal, brush aside, gloss over, trivialize, decry, depreciate, denigrate, devalue, devaluate, deprecate; informal pooh-pooh; archaic hold cheap; rare derogate, misprize, minify. ANTONYMS enhance. 2 if too many patterns are used together, they will detract attention from each other: divert, distract, turn away, turn aside, draw away, head off, deflect, avert, shift. ANTONYMS attract.

 

detractor

detractor noun detractors complained about the display's confused nature: critic, disparager, denigrator, deprecator, belittler, attacker, censurer, fault-finder, carper, backbiter, caviller, reviler, vilifier, slanderer, libeller, calumniator, defamer, traducer; informal mud-slinger, knocker, nitpicker; rare asperser.

 

French Dictionary

détracteur

détracteur , trice n. m. et f. nom masculin et féminin Critique. : Les détracteurs sont toujours prêts à critiquer.

 

Spanish Dictionary

detractar

detractar verbo transitivo Decir cosas negativas en contra del buen nombre y la fama de una persona o cosa .

 

detractor, -ra

detractor, -ra adjetivo /nombre masculino y femenino [persona ] Que critica a una persona o cosa o manifiesta un juicio peyorativo por no estar de acuerdo con ella :sus detractores apuntan que todas sus películas son como los anuncios de perfumes caros de bastante duración; proseguían ayer los debates entre los partidarios y detractores de uno u otro plan económico .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

detract

de tract /dɪtrǽkt /動詞 自動詞 〈物 事などが 〉【価値 名声などを 】落とす, 損なう «from » (!進行形にしない ) .他動詞 «…から » 〈人 (の注意 )など 〉をそらす «from » .

 

detraction

de tr á c tion 名詞 U C 1 【価値 名声などを 】損なうこと «from » .2 非難, 中傷 .

 

detractor

de trac tor /dɪtrǽktə r /名詞 C ｟主に報道 ｠非難 [中傷 ]する人 .