detriment

Definition of detriment

Nouns

a damage or loss
Synonyms:
hurt
Types:
expense
a detriment or sacrifice
Type of:
damage, harm, impairment
the occurrence of a change for the worse

Vocabulary Lists for detriment

Charles Dickens' "A Tale of Two Cities" Chapters 1-12 »(287 words)
Vocabulary study list for Charles Dickens' "A Tale of...
  • incommodious
  • cogitate
  • endue
  • immolate
  • commiserate

Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter" Intro + Chapters 1-7 »(650 words)
Vocabulary study list for Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The...
  • embroider
  • imbue
  • ignominy
  • decapitate
  • scaffold

Khamza_Vocabulary_in_VT »(1449 words)
  • noxious
  • spur
  • speck
  • bound
  • repugnance

mega »(3106 words)
  • anomaly
  • equivocal
  • lucid
  • precipitate
  • abstain

adumbrate, adverse, advert »(1105 words)
  • adumbrate
  • adverse
  • advert
  • advisory
  • aeronaut

k2 »(394 words)
  • plaudits
  • plenipotentiary
  • poignant
  • polygamist
  • portent

Louisa May Alcott's "Little Women" Chapters 39-47 »(320 words)
Vocabulary study list for Louisa May Alcott's "Little...
  • sequester
  • tantalize
  • clarifying
  • crumple
  • dawdle

The Soul of Battle »(226 words)
Victor Davis Hanson. Summer reading 2009
  • plight
  • delineate
  • saga
  • solicit
  • shrewd

Words that contain detriment

detrimental
 detrimentally