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discredit
Synonyms and Antonyms of discredit
- To his everlasting discredit, the coach was found to have placed bets against his own team.
discredit
Synonyms and Antonyms of discredit
- The prosecutor discredited the witness by pointing out her inconsistent statements.
abash, confound, confuse, discomfit, disconcert, discountenance, embarrass, faze, fluster, mortify, nonplus, rattle
belittle, castigate, criticize, cry down, decry, depreciate, detract, diminish, discount, disparage, minimize, put down, ridicule, write off
bad-mouth, defame, defile, libel, malign, slander
censure, condemn, damn, denounce, execrate, reprehend, reprobate
- I discredit the story that the old inn is haunted.
- The pseudoscience of phrenology has been thoroughly discredited.
belie, confound, confute, debunk, disconfirm, disprove, falsify, rebut, refute, shoot down
give the lie to
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