Hyphenation of detract

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word detract? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

de-tract

Definitions of detract:

1.	Take away a part from Diminish His bad manners detract from his good character

Synonyms of detract:

verb	take away, reduce, cut down, cut back, trim, trim down, trim back, cut, bring down

Last hyphenations of this language

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