| 单词 | discreditability |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdiscreditaˈbility discreditaˈbility n. the quality of being discreditable, disreputableness. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > [noun] > quality of being discreditable reproachfulness1548 uncreditableness1667 discreditability1847 disreputability1854 1847 Daily Advertiser 19 June 4/3 Although he might have touched its discreditability with a larger and firmer hand, he deserves no small praise for having done so at all. 1888 A. J. Balfour in Daily News 17 May 6/3 The meanness and the discreditability of such a proceeding. 1973 Rev. in Amer. Hist. 1 426 He was thus led..into personnel practices whose discreditability Dr. Guhin's silence cannot hide. 2011 P. L. Hammack Narr. & Politics of Identity vii. 320 Laila identifies the source of her identity confusion as rooted in the discreditability of her Arab identity within Israel. < as lemmas |
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