Definitions of Discredit [ɪsˈkrɛd ɪt]

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Definition of 'Discredit'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) discredit
to injure the credit or reputation of; defame.

2.  discredit
to destroy confidence in the reliability of.

3.  discredit
to give no credence to:
to discredit a witness.

4. (n.) discredit
loss or lack of belief or confidence; distrust.

5.  discredit
disrepute.

6.  discredit
something that damages a good reputation.

Etymology: (1550–60)

Definition of 'Discredit'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) disrepute, discredit
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"

2. (verb) discredit
cause to be distrusted or disbelieved
"The paper discredited the politician with its nasty commentary"

3. (verb) discredit, disgrace
damage the reputation of
"This newspaper story discredits the politicians"

4. (verb) disbelieve, discredit
reject as false; refuse to accept

Definition of 'Discredit'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Discredit
the act of discrediting or disbelieving, or the state of being discredited or disbelieved; as, later accounts have brought the story into discredit

2. (noun) Discredit
hence, some degree of dishonor or disesteem; ill repute; reproach; -- applied to persons or things

3. (verb) Discredit
to refuse credence to; not to accept as true; to disbelieve; as, the report is discredited

4. (verb) Discredit
to deprive of credibility; to destroy confidence or trust in; to cause disbelief in the accuracy or authority of

5. (verb) Discredit
to deprive of credit or good repute; to bring reproach upon; to make less reputable; to disgrace

Translation of 'Discredit'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: (something that causes) loss of good reputation.
Afrikaans: oneer, skande, diskrediet	Arabic: فُقْدان السُّمْعَه	Bulgarian: дискредитиране
Brazilian: desprestígio	Czech: ostuda,špatná reputace	German: der schlechte Ruf
Danish: miskredit	Greek: δυσφήμιση	Spanish: descrédito, deshonor, des
Estonian: häbi	Farsi: آبروریزی؛ رسوایی	Finnish: häpeä
French: discrédit	Hebrew: שׁם רָע	Hindi: बदनामी, संदेह करना
Croatian: izgubiti dobar ugled	Hungarian: rossz hírnév	Indonesian: diskredit
Icelandic: vansæmd, smán	Italian: discredito, disistima	Japanese: 信用失墜
Korean: 불신	Lithuanian: diskredituojantis dalykas	Latvian: neslava; negods
Malay: keraguan	Dutch: schande, opspraak	Norwegian: vanry, skam, miskreditt
Polish: kompromitacja	Persian: آبروریزی؛ رسوایی	Pashto: بې اعتبارى: بد نامى، بې ا
Portuguese: desprestígio	Romanian: discreditare	Russian: дискредитация
Slovak: hanba	Slovenian: slab glas	Serbian: diskreditovati
Swedish: vanrykte, skam	Thai: การสูญเสียชื่อเสียง	Turkish: güvensizlik, itimatsızlık
Taiwanese: 喪失名譽，無信用	Ukrainian: дискредитація, знеславлен	Urdu: بدنامی
Vietnamese: tai tiếng	Chinese: 丧失名誉，无信用
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