'Discredit' definitions:
Definition of 'discredit'
(from WordNet)
noun
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" [syn: disrepute, discredit] [ant: reputation, repute]
verb
Cause to be distrusted or disbelieved; "The paper discredited the politician with its nasty commentary"
verb
Damage the reputation of; "This newspaper story discredits the politicians" [syn: discredit, disgrace]
verb
Reject as false; refuse to accept [syn: disbelieve, discredit] [ant: believe]
Definition of 'Discredit'
From: GCIDE
- Discredit \Dis*cred"it\, n. [Cf. F. discr['e]dit.]
- 1. The act of discrediting or disbelieving, or the state of being discredited or disbelieved; as, later accounts have brought the story into discredit. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Hence, some degree of dishonor or disesteem; ill repute; reproach; -- applied to persons or things. [1913 Webster]
- It is the duty of every Christian to be concerned for the reputation or discredit his life may bring on his profession. --Rogers.
- Syn: Disesteem; disrepute; dishonor; disgrace; ignominy; scandal; disbelief; distrust. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Discredit'
From: GCIDE
- Discredit \Dis*cred"it\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discredited; p. pr. & vb. n. Discrediting.] [Cf. F. discr['e]diter.]
- 1. To refuse credence to; not to accept as true; to disbelieve; as, the report is discredited. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To deprive of credibility; to destroy confidence or trust in; to cause disbelief in the accuracy or authority of. [1913 Webster]
- An occasion might be given to the . . . papists of discrediting our common English Bible. --Strype. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To deprive of credit or good repute; to bring reproach upon; to make less reputable; to disgrace. [1913 Webster]
- He. . . least discredits his travels who returns the same man he went. --Sir H. Wotton. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'discredit'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- agnosticism,
- asperse,
- aspersion,
- atheism,
- bad character,
- bad name,
- bad odor,
- bad report,
- bad reputation,
- bad repute,
- belie,
- belittle,
- besmirch,
- blacken,
- blemish,
- blot,
- blow sky-high,
- blow up,
- brand,
- bring down,
- bring into discredit,
- bring low,
- bring shame upon,
- bring to naught,
- calumniate,
- cast reproach upon,
- cry down,
- damage,
- debase,
- decry,
- defamation,
- defame,
- deflate,
- defrock,
- degradation,
- degrade,
- demean,
- denial,
- deny,
- deplume,
- deprecate,
- depreciate,
- derogate from,
- destroy,
- detract,
- detract from,
- devaluate,
- devalue,
- diminish,
- disapprobation,
- disapprove of,
- disbelief,
- disbelieve,
- disconfirm,
- disesteem,
- disfavor,
- disgrace,
- dishonor,
- disparage,
- displume,
- disprove,
- dispute,
- disrepute,
- distrust,
- doubt,
- doubtfulness,
- dubiousness,
- evil repute,
- explode,
- expose,
- gag on,
- harm,
- heresy,
- hold in contempt,
- humiliate,
- humiliation,
- ignominy,
- ill fame,
- ill repute,
- ill-favor,
- impute shame to,
- inability to believe,
- incredulity,
- infamy,
- infidelity,
- invalidate,
- knock,
- libel,
- lower,
- make little of,
- malign,
- minimifidianism,
- minimize,
- misbelief,
- misbelieve,
- mistrust,
- mock,
- negate,
- negative,
- nonbelief,
- not admit,
- not believe,
- not buy,
- not swallow,
- nullifidianism,
- obloquy,
- odium,
- opprobrium,
- pillory,
- poor reputation,
- prove the contrary,
- public dishonor,
- puncture,
- put down,
- put to shame,
- qualm,
- question,
- reduce,
- reflect discredit upon,
- reflection,
- refuse to admit,
- refuse to credit,
- refute,
- reject,
- rejection,
- reproach,
- ridicule,
- ruin,
- run down,
- scandal,
- scepticism,
- scruple,
- shady reputation,
- shame,
- shoot,
- show up,
- slander,
- slight,
- slur,
- smear,
- smirch,
- speak ill of,
- stigma,
- stigmatize,
- submit to indignity,
- sully,
- suspicion,
- taint,
- tarnish,
- unbelief,
- unbelieve,
- unbelievingness,
- undercut,
- unfrock,
- unsavory reputation,
- vilify