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discredit

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verb

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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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Recent Examples of discredit
Noun
To the credit of his players and the discredit of his critics, Cronin’s team has responded by turning things around and playing some of the most active and inspired basketball in the country. Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2025 Again; Red Sox Headed For Disaster Per PECOTA Orioles' World Series Champion Infielder, Longtime Coach Passes Away To their discredit, the Rockies have done little to stem the tide this offseason. Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 4 Feb. 2025
Verb
Russia is working mighty hard to discredit President Maia Sandu’s pro-European Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS) while boosting the Patriotic Bloc, PAS' main pro-Russian rival. Dan Perry, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Sep. 2025 Lysenko leveraged his newfound power to suppress Soviet geneticists’ opinions and to discredit and imprison them. D. Scott Schmid, Denver Post, 22 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for discredit
Recent Examples of Synonyms for discredit
Noun
  • The ladies move closer to God through acts of disobedience, debauchery, and disgrace; by visiting seedy places and commingling with the disreputable.
    Nicole Flattery, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Ireland didn’t disgrace themselves, but using four bowlers in the first four overs said everything about where their problems were in the first-ever T20 game hosted against their nearest neighbor.
    Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Lord Lovat is utterly humiliated and this turns out to be a major problem for Brian.
    Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025
  • There’s always a moment in which somebody humiliates the villain and now all the love in him is gone.
    Daniel D'Addario, Variety, 24 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The organization denied any criminal activity.
    Bart Jansen, USA Today, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Peng denies such ties, and says Pony’s Chinese expertise may give it advantages in the US — despite the hostile political climate.
    Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 26 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • These findings refuted longstanding preconceived beliefs about humans and animals.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The appellate court's decision refuted multiple issues with Avery's arguments.
    Kelli Arseneau, jsonline.com, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • And on the top right are the inhibitory emotions — emotions like anxiety, shame and guilt; their job is to push down our core emotions, which are at the bottom of the triangle.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Being intimate with Olivia helped my shame dissipate.
    Emma Specter, Vogue, 25 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Epstein scandal continues to embarrass the British royal family, even years after Jeffrey Epstein’s death.
    Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Me, a beautiful and clever five-time Emmy-winning writer with a few Wednesday nights free, and The Golden Bachelor, a heartwarming and adorable exploration of women’s second acts with a male doofus at the center who has already embarrassed himself.
    Ali Barthwell, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The higher-ups are disbelieving, but Alex points out that the network has a fancy new AI that can replicate her voice in a zillion languages.
    Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Pearl, Dale’s adult daughter, vacillates between disbelieving that her father committed suicide and blaming her mother for it.
    Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Against Indianapolis Matt Judon roughed the punter, negating the Colts’ only punt of the game.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2025
  • One of the core issues with today’s AMRs—and specifically ones with complex form factors, like bipedal humanoids—is that their battery lives can negate their impact.
    Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 24 Sep. 2025

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