discredit

See also: discrédit

EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

PronunciationEdit

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Rhymes: -ɛdɪt

VerbEdit

discredit (third-person singular simple present discredits, present participle discrediting, simple past and past participle discredited)

(transitive) To harm the good reputation of a person; to cause an idea or piece of evidence to seem false or unreliable.
The candidate tried to discredit his opponent.

The evidence would tend to discredit such a theory.

SynonymsEdit

demean, disgrace, dishonour, disprove, invalidate, tell against

Derived termsEdit

discreditor

TranslationsEdit

harm reputation

Bulgarian: дискредитирам (bg) (diskreditíram)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 抹黑 (zh) (mǒhēi)，敗壞 (zh) (bàihuài) 名聲 (zh) (míngshēng)
Dutch: in diskrediet brengen
Finnish: mustamaalata (fi), saattaa huonoon valoon, osoittaa vääräksi
French: discréditer (fr)
German: ^{(please verify)} in Misskredit bringen , diskreditieren (de)
Ido: des-kredit-izar

Italian: screditare (it)
Japanese: 信用を落とす (しんようをおとす, shin'yō o otosu), 信用を傷つける (しんようをきずつける, shin'yō o kizutsukeru)
Maori: whakahōnorekore, whakahahani, whakarōriki, whakanano, whakatuohu
Portuguese: desacreditar (pt)
Romanian: discredita (ro)
Russian: дискредити́ровать (ru) impf or pf (diskreditírovatʹ); позо́рить (ru) impf (pozóritʹ), опозо́рить (ru) pf (opozóritʹ); бесче́стить (ru) impf (besčéstitʹ), обесче́стить (ru) pf (obesčéstitʹ)
Spanish: desacreditar (es), descreer (es)
Swedish: diskreditera (sv)

NounEdit

discredit (uncountable)

The act of discrediting or disbelieving, or the state of being discredited or disbelieved.
Later accounts have brought the story into discredit.
A degree of dishonour or disesteem; ill repute; reproach.
- Rogers
  It is the duty of every Christian to be concerned for the reputation or discredit his life may bring on his profession.