Synonyms of discredited

discredited

verb

past tense of discredit

1

as in humiliated

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• humiliated
• disgraced
• embarrassed
• shamed
• confused
• degraded
• humbled
• dishonored
• demeaned
• debased
• insulted
• rattled
• criticized
• smirched
• cheapened
• chastened
• ridiculed
• abased
• diminished
• lowered
• took down
• fouled
• disparaged
• discounted
• sank
• minimized
• condemned
• maligned
• decried
• mortified
• disconcerted
• slandered
• nonplussed
• belittled
• flustered
• confounded
• discountenanced
• discomfited
• depreciated
• defamed
• abashed
• libeled
• detracted
• fazed
• castigated
• denounced
• defiled
• affronted
• execrated
• cried down
• censured
• wrote off
• bad-mouthed
• damned
• reprehended
• put down
• reprobated

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• elevated
• cited
• exalted
• recognized
• praised
• applauded
• celebrated
• acknowledged
• deified
• honored
• canonized
• cheered
• acclaimed
• lauded
• extolled
• touted
• hailed
• commended
• boasted
• decorated
• congratulated
• complimented
• saluted
• feted
• eulogized
• aggrandized
• highlighted
• promoted
• spotlighted
• dignified
• magnified
• glorified
• enshrined
• ennobled
• advanced
• lifted
• enthroned
• idealized
• upgraded
• raised
• uplifted
• boosted
• played up
• romanticized
• enskied

2

as in denied

to think not to be true or real

I discredit the story that the old inn is haunted

Synonyms & Similar Words

• denied
• disbelieved
• negated
• doubted
• refuted
• distrusted
• disproved
• rejected
• mistrusted
• debunked
• repudiated
• suspected
• derided
• scoffed (at)
• pooh-poohed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• believed
• accepted
• credited
• swallowed
• trusted

3

as in refuted

to prove to be false

the pseudoscience of phrenology has been thoroughly discredited

Synonyms & Similar Words

• refuted
• overturned
• disproved
• challenged
• rebutted
• falsified
• debunked
• confuted
• discussed
• confounded
• disconfirmed
• belied
• questioned
• shot down
• contested
• doubted
• mistrusted
• gave the lie to
• overthrew
• debated
• queried
• mooted
• talked over
• hashed (over)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• established
• proved
• confirmed
• verified
• validated
• supported
• documented
• evidenced
• recorded
• showed
• witnessed
• identified
• corroborated
• certified
• demonstrated
• backed (up)
• attested
• illustrated
• substantiated
• manifested
• buttressed
• displayed
• evinced
• adduced
• authenticated

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of discredited

Still, the author's main argument wasn't totally discredited. —Big Think, 25 Mar. 2026

The traditional security hawks would be discredited, and the populist anti-interventionists vindicated. —Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2026

Election experts widely discredited the review as shoddy and partisan. —Benjamin Swasey, NPR, 9 Mar. 2026

After storms and flooding across Spain, Poland and the United States in late 2024, Moscow worked to claim that support for Ukraine had left countries vulnerable, stoked grievances in NATO countries and discredited Western democracies. —Michael Chertoff, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 Mar. 2026

All four men were subjected to police interrogation techniques that are now widely discredited for leading to false confessions. —Austin Sanders, Austin American Statesman, 18 Feb. 2026

Blamed and discredited, the legendary warriors disband and go into hiding. —Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 14 Jan. 2026

The admission of the Afrikaners was based on claims, which have been discredited, that white South African farmers were being killed in large numbers. —Julia Ainsley, NBC news, 25 Nov. 2025

Original studies suggesting a link were flawed and have been discredited. —Beth Warren, Nashville Tennessean, 22 Nov. 2025