detract from sth
— phrasal verb with detract uk/dɪˈtrækt/us/dɪˈtrækt/verb
to make something seem less valuable or less deserving of admiration than it really is :
All that make-up she wears actually detracts from her beauty, I think.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Humiliating and degrading
- abase
- be under a cloud idiom
- bring/take sb down a peg (or two) idiom
- bruise
- bruise sb's ego idiom
- compromise
- cut sb down to size idiom
- deflate
- degrade
- doghouse
- exhibition
- fall from grace idiom
- forget
- grubby
- indignity
- knock
- knock sb off their pedestal idiom 1
- knock sb off their pedestal
- lower your sights idiom
- peg
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