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detractor::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | depreciator, disparager, knocker |
| Type of | cynic, faultfinder |
| Has types | hatemonger, libeler, maligner, muckraker, mudslinger, slanderer, traducer, backbiter, vilifier, defamer |
| Derivation | detract |
Examples of detractor
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An absence of first-team football is a serious detractor at the selection table.
From the smh.com.au
The dorm room of a Chelsea Clinton detractor is searched by the Secret Service.
From the time.com
Anything programmers do to increase the load on the computer's CPu is a detractor.
From the guardian.co.uk
Apple was the fund's largest detractor in the quarter, Danoff said in his overview.
From the au.news.yahoo.com
We cheer you on all the time, so you have more fans than this one detractor.
From the positivesharing.com
The most hardened Tonya detractor must have momentarily rooted for her.
From the time.com
The deal already has at least one prominent detractor, however.
From the chron.com
Anyone can be a blogger, influencer, a proficient tweeter, a staunch advocate or vocal detractor.
From the forbes.com
Its share price lost 40% over the last year, making it a major detractor to his returns as well.
From the forbes.com
- One who disparages or belittles the worth of something
- (detraction) a petty disparagement
- (detraction) the act of discrediting or detracting from someone's reputation (especially by slander); "let it be no detraction from his merits to say he is plainspoken"
- Detraction is defined, primarily in Roman Catholic theology, as the sin of revealing previously unknown faults or sins of another person to a third person. This differs from the sin of calumny, which is lying about faults or sins that a person doesn't really have. ...
- A person that belittles the worth of another person or cause
- (Detraction) Disclosure of another's faults and sins, without an objectively valid reason, to persons who did not know about them, thus causing unjust injury to that person's reputation.
- (detraction () 123) self-accusation
