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verbreject as false; refuse to accept
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"your actions will bring discredit to your name"nounthe state of being held in low esteem
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"This newspaper story discredits the politicians"verbdamage the reputation of
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"The paper discredited the politician with its nasty commentary"verbcause to be distrusted or disbelievedtype of:
Definition that contains discredit
- clean (of a record) having no marks of discredit or offense
- spot an act that brings discredit to the person who does it
- negative designed or tending to discredit, especially without positive or helpful suggestions
- blackmail extortion of money by threats to divulge discrediting information
- stain an act that brings discredit to the person who does it
- smear an act that brings discredit to the person who does it
- damaging designed or tending to discredit, especially without positive or helpful suggestions
- compromising vulnerable to danger especially of discredit or suspicion
- blot an act that brings discredit to the person who does it
- homunculus a tiny fully formed individual that (according to the discredited theory of preformation) is supposed to be present in the sperm cell