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Synonyms for detraction

  • noun

Most common

slander disparagement calumny aspersion defamation depreciation diminution backbiting

All synonyms

Noun

calumny, slander, aspersion, disparagement, defamation, diminution, backbiting, scandal, depreciation, libel, derogation, obloquy, vilification

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    The act of detracting something, or something detracted; taking away; diminution.

Forms

Plural
detractions → calumnies, slanders, aspersions, disparagements…

Example sentences

  • slander She loudly said every slander imaginable about me.
  • calumny There's something even worse than calumny, it's truth.
  • defamation You're so vain, you sued Carly Simon for defamation.
  • depreciation Is the Algerian dinar facing a bigger depreciation?

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
detractionfalling
slandersteady
disparagementsteady
calumnysteady
aspersionfalling
defamationrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

5 letters
libel2
7 letters
scandal2, slander2, calumny3, obloquy3
9 letters
aspersion3
10 letters
defamation4, diminution4, derogation, backbiting3
12 letters
depreciation5, vilification5
13 letters
disparagement

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (libel2 = 2 syllables).