detracting

adj

1. That detracts.

   “Neither is there any thing in the condition of the laborer, more taxing to human exertion, more detracting from honorable self-respect, than any other occupation; on the contrary, agriculture, if we reason from realities, and not prejudices, is the truly noble occupation of life.”

   “"In vino veritas," properly translated, means—that when a man is fairly under the influence of liquor, you see a strong manifestation of his real character. The vain man is vainer, the voluble, more voluble, the morose, more morose; the passionate, more passionate, the detractor, more detracting; the sycophant, more sycophantic, and so forth.”

   “Probably nothing is more detracting and dissatisfying than buying a potted flowering plant which quits flowering as soon as it is taken home.”

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of detract

noun

1. detraction; slander

   “Emulations, heart-risings, evil jealousies, bitter speakings, detractings, and abundance of evil fruit, arise from this root of bitterness […]”