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discreditnoun the state of having lost the esteem of othersto his everlasting discredit, the coach was found to have placed bets against his own team disesteem, disgrace, dishonor, disrepute, ignominy, infamy, obloquy, odium, opprobrium, reproach, shame scandalcontempt, despite, disdain, scorndeprecation, disapprobation, disapproval, disfavorabasement, debasement, debasing, degradation, dust, humbling, humiliationblot, brand, shadow, slur, smirch, spot, stain, stigma, taint esteem, honor, respect admiration, appreciation, estimation, regardawe, fear, reverencefame, glory, renown, repute discreditverbto reduce to a lower standing in one's own eyes or in others' eyesattempted to discredit her political opponents by deliberately spreading false rumors abase, chasten, cheapen, debase, degrade, demean, disgrace, dishonor, foul, humble, humiliate, lower, shame, sink, smirch, take down abash, confound, confuse, discomfit, disconcert, discountenance, embarrass, faze, fluster, mortify, nonplus, rattlebelittle, castigate, criticize, cry down, decry, depreciate, detract, diminish, discount, disparage, minimize, put down, ridicule, write offbad-mouth, defame, defile, libel, malign, slanderaffront, insultcensure, condemn, damn, denounce, execrate, reprehend, reprobate aggrandize, canonize, deify, elevate, exalt acclaim, applaud, boast, celebrate, cheer, cite, commend, compliment, congratulate, decorate, eulogize, extol(also extoll), fete(or fête), hail, honor, laud, praise, salute, toutacknowledge, recognizehighlight, play up, spotlightdignify, ennoble, enshrine, ensky, enthrone, glorify, magnifyadvance, boost, lift, promote, raise, upgrade, upliftidealize, romanticize to think not to be true or realI discredit the story that the old inn is haunted disbelieve, negate deny, reject, repudiatedistrust, doubt, mistrust, suspectdebunk, disprove, refutederide, pooh-pooh(also pooh), scoff (at) accept, believe, credit, swallow trust to prove to be falsethe pseudoscience of phrenology has been thoroughly discredited belie, confound, confute, debunk, disconfirm, disprove, falsify, rebut, refute, shoot down overthrow, overturnchallenge, contest, query, questiondoubt, mistrustdebate, discuss, hash (over), moot, talk over give the lie to confirm, establish, prove, validate, verify document, evidence, evince, record, show, support, witnessback (up), buttress, corroborate, substantiateadduce, attest, authenticate, certify, identifydemonstrate, display, illustrate, manifest in 1548 |