discredit

[US]/dɪsˈkredɪt/
[UK]/dɪsˈkredɪt/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

English Definition:
vt. to cause disbelief or doubt;
n. the loss of reputation, damage to one's reputation.

Example Sentences

the ships were a discredit to the country.

He brought discredit on the whole family.

That boy is a discredit to his family.

Her honor was discredited in the newspapers.

Your actions will bring discredit to your name.

Such behavior can only reflect discredit upon you.

Their behaviour has bought discredit on English football.

his remarks were taken out of context in an effort to discredit him.

they committed crimes which brought discredit upon the administration.

his aides were discredited and displaced.

The disclosure of cheating, and plagiary discredited him thoroughly.

The teacher encouraged the children to behave well and not to be a discredit to the collective.

That guy is a discredit to his family and relatives and friends.

One should discredit a good deal of what is printed in newspapers.

aspersion, calumny, defame, denigrate, discredit, libel, malign, slander, slur, stigmatise, traduce, vilify.

"As far as this subject, later researches discredited the earlier conclusions."

Sylvia does not get on with the supervisor and the danger is that he will trump up some charge to discredit her.

His ungentlemanly attempts to discredit the sale of drugs by his professional brethren would by-and-by recoil on himself.

His reports about the war affairs in the Middle-East area have been discredited because it is realized that the reporter used false information.

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