Discredit

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To damage in reputation; disgrace.
  • v. To cause to be doubted or distrusted.
  • v. To refuse to believe.
  • n. Loss of or damage to one's reputation.
  • n. Lack or loss of trust or belief; doubt.
  • n. Something damaging to one's reputation or stature.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To harm the good reputation of a person; to cause an idea or piece of evidence to seem false or unreliable.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The act of discrediting or disbelieving, or the state of being discredited or disbelieved.
  • n. Hence, some degree of dishonor or disesteem; ill repute; reproach; -- applied to persons or things.
  • v. To refuse credence to; not to accept as true; to disbelieve.
  • v. To deprive of credibility; to destroy confidence or trust in; to cause disbelief in the accuracy or authority of.
  • v. To deprive of credit or good repute; to bring reproach upon; to make less reputable; to disgrace.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To disbelieve; give no credit to; not to credit or believe: as, the report is discredited.
  • To injure the credit or reputation of; make less esteemed or honored; fail to do credit to.
  • To deprive of credibility; destroy confidence in.
  • n. Want of credit or good repute; some degree of disgrace or reproach; disesteem: applied to persons or things: as, frauds that bring manufactures into discredit; a transaction much to his discredit.
  • n. Want of belif, trust, or confidence; disbelief: as, his story is received with discredit.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. damage the reputation of
  • v. cause to be distrusted or disbelieved
  • n. the state of being held in low esteem
  • v. reject as false; refuse to accept
  • Verb Form
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    disparage    pick at    belittle    disregard    push aside    brush off    brush aside    dismiss    discount    ignore   
    Cross Reference
    disbelief    disbelieve   
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    scandal    disbelief    disgrace    disrepute    ignominy    dishonor    disesteem    distrust    reproach    demean   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    credit    edit   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    opprobrium    obloquy    ignominy    detriment    odium    ostracism    execration    disgrace    undo    disrespect