Dictionary Entry
discredit
discredit is a 9-letter English word with 9 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of discrediting or disbelieving, or the state of being discredited or disbelieved; as, later accounts have brought the story into discredit. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
9 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 14 · 9 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
The act of discrediting or disbelieving, or the state of being discredited or disbelieved; as, later accounts have brought the story into discredit.
- 2noun
Hence, some degree of dishonor or disesteem; ill repute; reproach; -- applied to persons or things.
- 3transitive verb
To refuse credence to; not to accept as true; to disbelieve; as, the report is discredited.
- 4transitive verb
To deprive of credibility; to destroy confidence or trust in; to cause disbelief in the accuracy or authority of.
- 5transitive verb
To deprive of credit or good repute; to bring reproach upon; to make less reputable; to disgrace.
- 6noun
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"
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- 7verb
reject as false; refuse to accept
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- 8verb
cause to be distrusted or disbelieved
"The paper discredited the politician with its nasty commentary"
- 9verb
damage the reputation of
"This newspaper story discredits the politicians"
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