discredit

See also: discrédit

English

Etymology

dis- +‎ credit.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɛdɪt

Verb

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

1. (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.

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

• discreditor

Translations

harm reputation

• Bulgarian: дискредитирам (bg) (diskreditíram)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 抹黑 (zh) (mǒhēi), 使丟臉, 使丢脸 (shǐ diūliǎn), 搞臭 (zh) (gǎochòu)

• 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
• Portuguese: desacreditar (pt)
• Romanian: discredita (ro)
• Russian: дискредити́ровать (ru) impf, 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)

Noun

discredit (uncountable)

1. The act of discrediting or disbelieving, or the state of being discredited or disbelieved.

   Later accounts have brought the story into discredit.

2. 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.

Synonyms

• (degree of dishonour): demerit

Translations

act or state

• Finnish: epäuskottavuus, epäluotettavuus (state)
• French: discrédit (fr) m
• German: Misskredit m

• Maori: hōnorekore
• Portuguese: descrédito (pt) m
• Spanish: descrédito m

degree

• Finnish: huono maine

• Portuguese: descrédito (pt) m