DISCREDITABLE Synonyms: 94 Similar and Opposite Words

discreditable

adjective

(ˌ)dis-ˈkre-də-tə-bəl

Definition of discreditable

as in notorious

not respectable the discreditable conduct of drunken college students celebrating a win by their team

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Recent Examples of discreditable By the way, the search for waste, fraud and abuse — call it WFA — has a long and discreditable history. — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2025 Any review of these discreditable events requires recognition of an antidote to this foolishness. — Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 13 Jan. 2024 Now, the previous autobiographical snippet, like those of the other three men, may have omitted certain discreditable matters. — William T. Vollmann, Harper's Magazine, 16 Oct. 2023

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Adjective

Since then, the once-notorious prison closed its death chamber and Newsom has upheld it as a model of rehabilitation.

— Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 9 Oct. 2026
This blob of exceptionally warm water formed by spinning off of the Gulf’s Loop Current that is notorious for boosting hurricane strength.

— Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of notorious

Adjective

Leto is infamous for his extreme and controversial approach to the Method.

— Laura Zornosa, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026
Eleanor, who died in 2024, filmed over 80 hours of footage during the making of the movie, which starred Kirsten Dunst as the infamous Queen of France.

— Ellise Shafer, Variety, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of infamous

Adjective

The fake image was attention-grabbing, shady, and timely — in other words, perfect for social media virality but a potential liability for the parties involved.

— Mia Sato, The Verge, 15 Oct. 2026
If weather permits, be sure to dine at Oliveto Restaurant & Lounge Bar, which sits beneath a shady grove of trees and overlooks the pool and vineyard.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of shady

Adjective

Central to the exhibition is the tension between the honorable and the immoral, the appealing and the revolting.

— News Desk, Artforum, 12 Oct. 2026
Luca Guadagnino’s Artificial premiered at New York Film Festival last night and left many people wondering, Just how funny can a movie about both the terrible capacity of generative AI and the immoral people in charge of it be?

— Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of immoral

Adjective

And this is an indelible stain on the country of Norway, and those people that made such a disgraceful and embarrassing decision.

— Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 10 Oct. 2026
Sterling spent decades turning the Clippers into the NBA’s cheapest, most incompetent and most disgraceful organization.

— Jason Lloyd, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of disgraceful

Adjective

Modern societies can scarcely agree on what is shameful to begin with.

— Robert A. Ballingall, The Conversation, 13 Oct. 2026
Rather than treating parental love as an uncomplicated defense, Nathan Elston’s screenplay allows Ursula to acknowledge a more shameful truth.

— Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of shameful

Adjective

Horror may now be respectable enough for its own sprawling exhibition at the Academy Museum, but Criterion’s October lineup proves there are still plenty of disreputable pleasures to be found.

— Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026
Thus all notions of reference to precedent in the arts became contentious, if not disreputable.

— Mario Carpo, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026

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