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discredit1 verbdiscredit2 noun discreditdis‧cred‧it1 /dɪsˈkredɪt/ ●○○ verb [transitive]   VERB TABLEdiscredit |
| Present | I, you, we, they | discredit | | he, she, it | discredits | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | discredited | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have discredited | | he, she, it | has discredited | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had discredited | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will discredit | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have discredited |
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| Present | I | am discrediting | | he, she, it | is discrediting | | you, we, they | are discrediting | | Past | I, he, she, it | was discrediting | | you, we, they | were discrediting | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been discrediting | | he, she, it | has been discrediting | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been discrediting | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be discrediting | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been discrediting |
- It was a blatant attempt to discredit the Prime Minister.
- Lawyers for the defense tried to discredit her testimony.
- There were reports that his campaign team had been trying to dig up information that might discredit his rival.
- For instance, she cited studies that had been extensively discredited methodologically as though they had not been.
- In the United States eugenics became almost completely discredited.
- It was very easy to discredit it.
- It was widely agreed that the episode had damaged the public image of Congress and had discredited the confirmation process.
- Johnson became committed to discrediting the civil rights movement and asked Hoover to provide the ammunition.
- This gives rise to discretionary decisions by adjudicators and administrators, undermining generality and discrediting the ideal of the rule of law.
to spoil the good opinion that people have of someone► spoil somebody's image to spoil the idea that people have about someone, especially a famous person who is often on television, in newspapers and magazines etc: · The star's cleancut image has been spoiled by accusations of gambling and drug-taking. ► damage somebody's reputation to make people no longer have a good opinion about someone, especially a politician or someone with an important job: · My main concern was to prevent this incident from damaging my reputation. ► damaging containing information about someone's dishonest or immoral behaviour, which damages the good opinion that people have of them: · We can't risk any damaging scandals just before a Presidential election.· His career had been ruined by the sensational and damaging stories that appeared in the popular press.damaging to: · The recent court cases have been very damaging to the public image of the medical profession. ► discredit to damage the good opinion that people have of a person or organization, especially when this is done deliberately and in order to get an advantage: · It was a blatant attempt to discredit the Prime Minister.· There were reports that his campaign team had been trying to dig up information that might discredit his rival. ► smear campaign when an organization such as a political party or newspaper deliberately tries to find out and tell people about bad things someone in a public position has done, for example so that people are less likely to vote for them: · The magistrates who investigated his business empire have been made victims of a smear campaign.smear campaign against: · He called on people to ignore what he called a smear campaign against the government. ► discredit a theory (=make people stop believing in it)· These latest findings discredit his entire theory. NOUN► attempt· Mr Krzaklewski ran a negative campaign in an attempt to discredit the president.· I never saw the broadcast, but it seemed to be a clear attempt to discredit me.· It was not defensive, but a calculated attempt to discredit Lloyd George.· The earlier attempt to discredit the police had not succeeded, although the way the police treated the public was by no means satisfactory.· Kim denied charges of inconsistency, and characterized the dispute as a further attempt to discredit him. ► campaign· Immediately, she becomes a target of a campaign to discredit her. VERB► try· From the prologues to the Heautontimorumenos and the Adelphoe we know that his competitors had tried to discredit him for this.· Then, they will seize upon some anomaly to try to discredit the entire work.· He has tried to discredit the legality of parliament's inquiry, largely by concentrating on minor technical issues.· The Chronicle stories spelled out how Upjohn tried to discredit both consumers and doctors who complained about dangerous side effects. 1to make people stop respecting or trusting someone or something:  The company’s lawyers tried to discredit her testimony.2to make people stop believing in a particular idea: His theories have now been discredited.discredit1 verbdiscredit2 noun discreditdiscredit2 noun [uncountable] - But he was right about Mr Wright, whose venality did cast discredit on the House and who deserved to go.
- But his evidence does not read to his discredit nearly so much as to the discredit of the committee.
- Gingrich admitted to charges, brought by an investigative subcommittee of the ethics committee, that he brought discredit to the House.
- Gwendolen can not long consider facts which do her discredit.
- Harold Wilson appointed so many commissions that he brought the system into discredit.
- This reflects no discredit on them.
to damage the reputation of someone or something► harm/damage somebody's reputation · If a representative gets drunk at a convention, it may harm their firm's reputation.· Sabine was completely loyal to you. She would never do anything to damage your reputation. ► give somebody/something a bad name to give a group or place a bad reputation by behaving in an unacceptable way: · Students who are rude and scruffy give the school a bad name.· The regular brawling and violence in the bar had given it a bad name.· He was the type of person that gives insurance salesmen a bad name. ► bring somebody/something into disrepute formal to damage the reputation of the organization that you work for or the job that you do by doing something bad or illegal - use this especially in legal or official contexts: · This is exactly the kind of incident that brings international companies into disrepute.· The officers were charged with bringing the police force into disrepute. ► discredit/bring discredit on to make people stop trusting or believing in someone or something: · There was a plot by certain members of the opposition to discredit the government.· The old leaders were discredited by the massive defeats at Verdun and Flanders.· Through your selfishness, you have brought discredit on yourself and your whole family. ► character assassination a cruel and unfair attack on someone's character: · All too often politicians discredit themselves by engaging in character assassination. ► slur/stain on something something that harms someone's character, reputation etc in someone's opinion: a slur/stain on somebody's character/reputation etc: · Baker accused the press of casting a slur on his reputation.· He was discharged from the army without a stain on his character. ► smear campaign/whispering campaign an attempt to damage the reputation of a political opponent by secretly spreading false ideas about them, for example by telling a newspaper that they have done bad or dishonest things: · Kingsley denies all the rumours, saying he's the victim of a vicious smear campaign.smear campaign/whispering campaign against: · Allegations of instability, untrustworthiness and lack of political judgement - all these were part of the whispering campaign against her. ► bring discredit on/upon/to somebody/something The behaviour of fans has brought discredit on English football. ► discredit a theory (=make people stop believing in it)· These latest findings discredit his entire theory. VERB► bring· Harold Wilson appointed so many commissions that he brought the system into discredit.· Gingrich admitted to charges, brought by an investigative subcommittee of the ethics committee, that he brought discredit to the House. the loss of other people’s respect or trustto somebody’s discredit To his discredit, he knew about the problem but said nothing.bring discredit on/upon/to somebody/something The behaviour of fans has brought discredit on English football. |