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[ dis-kred-it ] / dɪsˈkrɛd ɪt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR discredit ON THESAURUS.COM
verb (used with object)to injure the credit or reputation of; defame: an effort to discredit honest politicians. to show to be undeserving of trust or belief; destroy confidence in: Later research discredited earlier theories. to give no credence to; disbelieve: There was good reason to discredit the witness. nounloss or lack of belief or confidence; disbelief; distrust: His theories met with general discredit. loss or lack of repute or esteem; disrepute. something that damages a good reputation: This behavior will be a discredit to your good name. Origin of discreditFirst recorded in 1550–60; dis-1 + credit SYNONYMS FOR discredit1 disparage, disgrace, tarnish, undermine. SEE SYNONYMS FOR discredit ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM discreditun·dis·cred·it·ed, adjectiveWords nearby discreditDiscovery Inlet, discovery method, discovery procedure, disc plough, discreate, discredit, discreditable, discreet, discrepancies, discrepancy, discrepant Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for discreditIn its attempt to discredit the story, the JPO inadvertently confirmed that fact. Pentagon Misfires in Stealth Jet Scandal|Dave Majumdar|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST I had no memory of the other two, and that information was used to discredit my recollection of what had happened to me. I Was Gang Raped at a UVA Frat 30 Years Ago, and No One Did Anything|Liz Seccuro|December 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST The Ralph Retort, a paragon of ethical journalism websites, decided to make crowdsourcing stuff to discredit me into a project. Rage Against GamerGate’s Hate Machine: What I Got For Speaking Up|Arthur Chu|November 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST One of the things that these enemies of Islam are trying to discredit and eliminate is the hejab. Saudi Activist Manal Al-Sharif on Why She Removed the Veil|Manal Al Sharif, Advancing Human Rights|October 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
That was the playbook the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth used to discredit then-Sen. The (Sloppy) Swift-Boating of Michigan Democrat Gary Peters|Tim Mak|October 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST Impostors alone can pronounce it necessary to discredit experience and reject reason. Christianity Unveiled|Nicolas-Antoine Boulanger There is more or less effort to discredit books as educative tools and to lay emphasis on oral instruction and manual training. A Librarian's Open Shelf|Arthur E. Bostwick The story reads like a romance, which, however, is no reason for receiving it with discredit. Royal Edinburgh|Margaret Oliphant To my mind, however, it redounded more to the credit of America than to its discredit. The Land of Contrasts|James Fullarton Muirhead These two men felt it necessary to discredit Jackson in every possible way. The Middle Period 1817-1858|John William Burgess
British Dictionary definitions for discredit
verb (tr)to damage the reputation of to cause to be disbelieved or distrusted to reject as untrue or of questionable accuracy nouna person, thing, or state of affairs that causes disgrace damage to a reputation lack of belief or confidence Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to discreditvilify, disgrace, smear, ruin, defame, slander, degrade, disprove, destroy, disparage, distrust, reject, shoot, slur, pooh-pooh, expose, dishonor, disesteem, explode, censure |