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Bookmark or Share- DISCREDIT | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionaryto cause people to stop respecting someone or believing in an idea or person: Evidence of links with drug dealers has discredited the mayor. discredited theories. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Humiliating and degrading. abasement. be under a cloud idiom. bring/take someone down a peg (or two) idiom. bruise someone's ego idiom.
- Discrediting - definition of discrediting by The Free Dictionaryn. 1. Loss of respect or damage to one's reputation: an incident that brought discredit on the school. 2. Lack or loss of trust or belief; doubt: evidence that brings the popular notion into discredit. 3. Something that brings disgrace or distrust: He is a discredit to his family.
- DISCREDIT Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.comto show to be undeserving of trust or belief; destroy confidence in: Later research discredited earlier theories. to give no credence to; disbelieve: There was good reason to discredit the witness. noun. loss or lack of belief or confidence; disbelief; distrust: His theories met with general discredit. loss or lack of repute or esteem; disrepute.
- DISCREDITING Synonyms: 169 Similar and Opposite Words - Merriam-WebsterSynonyms for DISCREDITING: humiliating, embarrassing, disgracing, shaming, degrading, insulting, dishonoring, debasing; Antonyms of DISCREDITING: elevating, exalting, praising, citing, aggrandizing, recognizing, commending, deifying.
- DISCREDIT | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionaryverb [ T ] formal uk / dɪˈskred.ɪt / us / dɪˈskred.ɪt /. Add to word list Add to word list. to cause people to stop respecting someone or believing in an idea or person: Evidence of links with drug dealers has discredited the mayor. discredited theories. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
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