Syn. — Depreciation; disparagement; derogation; slander; calumny; aspersion; censure.
Detractious
(De*trac"tious) a. Containing detraction; detractory. [R.] Johnson.
Detractive
(De*tract"ive) a.
1. Tending to detract or draw. [R.]
2. Tending to lower in estimation; depreciative.
Detractiveness
(De*tract"ive*ness), n. The quality of being detractive.
Detractor
(De*tract"or) n. [L.: cf. F. détracteur.] One who detracts; a derogator; a defamer.
His detractors were noisy and scurrilous.
Macaulay. Syn. — Slanderer; calumniator; defamer; vilifier.
Detractory
(De*tract"o*ry) a. Defamatory by denial of desert; derogatory; calumnious. Sir T. Browne.
Detractress
(De*tract"ress), n. A female detractor. Addison.
Detrain
(De*train") v. i. & t. To alight, or to cause to alight, from a railway train. [Eng.] London Graphic.
Detrect
(De*trect") v. t. [L. detrectare; de + tractare, intens. of trahere to draw.] To refuse; to decline.
[Obs.] "To detrect the battle." Holinshed.
Detriment
(Det"ri*ment) n. [L. detrimentum, fr. deterere, detritum, to rub or wear away; de + terere
to rub: cf. F. détriment. See Trite.]
1. That which injures or causes damage; mischief; harm; diminution; loss; damage; — used very generically; as,
detriments to property, religion, morals, etc.
I can repair
That detriment, if such it be.
Milton. 2. A charge made to students and barristers for incidental repairs of the rooms they occupy. [Eng.]
Syn. — Injury; loss; damage; disadvantage; prejudice; hurt; mischief; harm.
Detriment
(Det"ri*ment) v. t. To do injury to; to hurt. [Archaic]
Other might be determined thereby.
Fuller. Detrimental
(Det`ri*men"tal) a. Causing detriment; injurious; hurtful.
Neither dangerous nor detrimental to the donor.
Addison. Syn. — Injurious; hurtful; prejudicial; disadvantageous; mischievous; pernicious.
Detrimentalness
(Det`ri*men"tal*ness), n. The quality of being detrimental; injuriousness.
Detrital
(De*tri"tal) a. (Geol.) Pertaining to, or composed of, detritus.
Detrite
(De*trite") a. [L. detritus, p. p.] Worn out.
