discredit
Other forms: discredited; discrediting; discredits
Discredit means to cause mistrust or cast the accuracy of something into doubt. If you say that schooling is important to you, but you never study, your actions discredit you and your words.
You discredit what someone says when you choose not to believe it. You can discredit the rumors going around about your boyfriend if you are sure of his love. On a more personal level, you discredit people when you cast their authority or reputation into doubt. If you're running a tough race for class president, your opponent may try to discredit you by talking about your failures or even making up lies about you. But this would be to the discredit of your opponent — his or her own reputation would suffer for this bad behavior.
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the state of being held in low esteem“your actions will bring discredit to your name”
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synonyms:
disrepute
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damage the reputation of
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reject as false; refuse to accept
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synonyms:
disbelieve
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Antonyms:
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believe
accept as true; take to be true
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types:
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doubt
consider unlikely or have doubts about
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disbelieve, distrust, mistrust, suspect
regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in
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doubt
lack confidence in or have doubts about
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type of:
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reject
refuse to accept or acknowledge
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believe
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cause to be distrusted or disbelieved“The paper discredited the politician with its nasty commentary”
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type of:
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brush aside, brush off, discount, dismiss, disregard, ignore, push aside
bar from attention or consideration
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brush aside, brush off, discount, dismiss, disregard, ignore, push aside
Vocabulary lists containing discredit
At school, Zoey hopes no one will notice her. After school, she takes care of her younger siblings while her mom struggles to make ends meet. But when her social studies teacher asks Zoey to join the debate club, Zoey might finally learn to speak up for herself and her family.
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