as in disgrace
the state of having lost the esteem of others
to his everlasting discredit, the coach was found to have placed bets against his own team
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as in to humiliate
to reduce to a lower standing in one's own eyes or in others' eyes
attempted to discredit her political opponents by deliberately spreading false rumors
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as in to deny
to think not to be true or real
I discredit the story that the old inn is haunted
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as in to refute
to prove to be false
the pseudoscience of phrenology has been thoroughly discredited
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Recent Examples of discredit
Monroe Trombly,
Louisville Courier Journal,
7 Nov. 2025
Messaging must make distinctions, but also avoid getting lost in parenthetic abstractions or potentially easier-to-discredit targets.
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Jason Ma,
Fortune,
26 Aug. 2025
Britannica Editors,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
10 June 2026
Industry pushback After the study’s researchers released a draft report last year, the alcohol industry mobilized against it, launching campaigns to discredit its work.
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Laura Ungar,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2026
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Noun
Phillips also found sufficient evidence to determine that Weaver violated policy by making remarks to the officer and the Heritage Creek police chief that brought discredit upon him as a member of LMPD.
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Monroe Trombly,
Louisville Courier Journal,
7 Nov. 2025
Messaging must make distinctions, but also avoid getting lost in parenthetic abstractions or potentially easier-to-discredit targets.
—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
26 Aug. 2025
Verb
Those accusations have long been discredited.
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Britannica Editors,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
10 June 2026
Industry pushback After the study’s researchers released a draft report last year, the alcohol industry mobilized against it, launching campaigns to discredit its work.
—
Laura Ungar,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for discredit
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Just two years earlier a president had resigned in disgrace after what had been one of the nation’s toughest constitutional challenges, putting immense pressure on Congress and the Supreme Court to respond to a rogue executive branch.
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Shifting gears, my PGA TOUR betting record this season is a disgrace.
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Israel must leave humiliated and defeated — and that is exactly what will happen.
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Instead of demanding personal fealty or humiliating them to assert personal dominance, Lincoln absorbed their egos and occasional slights, elevating their talents and turning his fiercest political adversaries into his most devoted champions.
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That agreement set a 60-day period for negotiations on key issues, including the future of Tehran’s nuclear program amid concerns that Iran wants to use it for military purposes, a claim the country denies.
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Pitt's request for possible sanctions, or monetary fines, in the legal proceeding was denied, per court documents.
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Two other retired judges later published their own piece refuting Gilliard’s contention.
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Fortunately, video replay allows people to validate—or refute—a referee’s decision.
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According to Ronan, many individuals arrive at treatment carrying significant emotional burdens that include shame, disappointment, trauma, and self-doubt.
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The conditions that drive transmission — silence, shame, and avoidance — remain largely unchanged.
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But combined with Disney‘s embarrassing The Mandalorian and Grogu influencer stunt that backfired, a movie’s first reactions on social media are increasingly being met with equal amounts of fan skepticism.
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Kyiv hopes the campaign will embarrass Putin and increase public pressure on him to end the war, according to Western analysts.
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That same disbelieving fullness.
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The responsibility lies with the referee to stop the game, and there is no reason to disbelieve that Palace would have acted in a sporting manner had Woodman turned out to be seriously injured.
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People don’t get to negate that for clicks or headlines.
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But maintenance will be critical to avoid paying an early withdrawal fee, which can easily negate most or all of the interest earned to that point.
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“Discredit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/discredit. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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