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Synonyms for discredit
dɪsˈkrɛd ɪtdis·cred·it
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discreditverb
Synonyms:
tell against, invalidate, demean, disgrace, disprove, dishonourdiscreditverb
To harm the good reputation of a person; to cause an idea or piece of evidence to seem false or unreliable.
Synonyms:
demean, invalidate, disprove, dishonour, tell against, disgrace
English Synonyms and Antonyms
discredit
Abase refers only to outward conditions. "Exalt him that is low, and abase him that is high." Ezek. xxi, 26. Debase applies to quality or character. The coinage is debased by excess of alloy, the man by vice. Humble in present use refers chiefly to feeling of heart; humiliate to outward conditions; even when one is said to humble himself, he either has or affects to have humility of heart. To disgrace may be to bring or inflict odium upon others, but the word is chiefly and increasingly applied to such moral odium as one by his own acts brings upon himself; the noun disgrace retains more of the passive sense than the verb; he disgraced himself by his conduct; he brought disgrace upon his family. To dishonor a person is to deprive him of honor that should or might be given. To discredit one is to injure his reputation, as for veracity or solvency. A sense of unworthiness humbles; a shameful insult humiliates; imprisonment for crime disgraces. Degrade may refer to either station or character. An officer is degraded by being reduced to the ranks, disgraced by cowardice; vile practises degrade; drunkenness is a degrading vice. Misfortune or injustice may abase the good; nothing but their own ill-doing can debase or disgrace them.
Synonyms:
abase, bring low, cast down, debase, degrade, depress, disgrace, dishonor, humble, humiliate, lower, reduce, sinkAntonyms:
advance, aggrandize, dignify, elevate, exalt, honor, promote, raise, uplift
Princeton's WordNet
disrepute, discreditverb
the state of being held in low esteem
"your actions will bring discredit to your name"; "because of the scandal the school has fallen into disrepute"
Synonyms:
disreputediscreditverb
cause to be distrusted or disbelieved
"The paper discredited the politician with its nasty commentary"
Synonyms:
disbelieve, disgracediscredit, disgraceverb
damage the reputation of
"This newspaper story discredits the politicians"
Synonyms:
disgrace, put down, disbelieve, demean, attaint, dishonor, shame, dishonour, take down, degradedisbelieve, discreditverb
reject as false; refuse to accept
Synonyms:
disbelieve, disgrace
Dictionary of English Synonymes
discreditnoun
discreditnoun
Synonyms:
disrepute, dishonor, disgrace, reproach, opprobrium, obloquy, odium, ignominy, ill reputediscreditverb
Synonyms:
disbelieve, give no credit to, place no confidence in, refuse credence todiscreditverb
Synonyms:
disgrace, dishonor, bring reproach upon, make disreputable, BLOW UPON, destroy confidence in, bring into disfavor, make distasteful
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
discreditnoun
Synonyms:
disesteem, disrepute, unpopularity
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "discredit":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#1104 | lower | |
#2036 | reduce | |
#7229 | sink | |
#8184 | shame | |
#12155 | humble | |
#26615 | disgrace | |
#28860 | degrade | |
#34032 | invalidate | |
#36900 | discredit | |
#47884 | depress | |
#50911 | disprove | |
#59800 | dishonor | |
#63083 | humiliate | |
#72172 | malign | |
#82650 | disbelieve | |
#86679 | demean | |
#89194 | disrepute | |
#92722 | dishonour | |
#102723 | discrediting | |
#162847 | debase | |
#205592 | abase |
How to use discredit in a sentence?
Homeland Security Jeh Johnson:
Like many others I was appalled by the episode reflected in the Inspector General's report, which brought real discredit to the Secret Service.
Our baby-in-chief – the j --- off-in-chief, I call him – has put the press under siege, ridiculing it through trying to discredit it through outrageous attacks and lies.
Yesterday on voting day, there was dysfunction here and there, but it wasn't of a kind to really discredit the process, so for us, the process was free and fair.
Allowing Putin to berate and discredit us in a solo press conference is quite a mistake for the Biden administration, to give them that ability, China comes out on top.
Donald Trump's doing so much to discredit the Christian witness.
Translations for discredit
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- дискредитирамBulgarian
- descreer, desacreditarSpanish
- saattaa huonoon valoon, [[huono]] [[maine]], epäuskottavuus, osoittaa vääräksi, epäluotettavuus, mustamaalataFinnish
- discréditerFrench
- des-kredit-izarIdo
- 信用を傷つける, 信用を落とすJapanese
- discreditaRomanian
- дискредити́ровать, бесче́стить, позо́рить, опозо́рить, обесче́ститьRussian
- diskrediteraSwedish
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