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

Yet the president often relies on theories that independent reviews long ago discredited. — Joey Garrison, USA Today, 16 July 2026

Green said earlier this year that Adebayo shouldn’t be underestimated and his 83-point game against Washington shouldn’t be discredited. — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 1 July 2026

Instead, they are encouraged to view blue zones primarily through the lens of a sloppy critique that has already been discredited. — Torie Bosch, STAT, 20 June 2026

Those accusations have long been discredited. — Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 June 2026

After the war, his goalscoring statistics were deleted and his achievements were discredited, with the Polish press labelling him as mentally unstable and an alcoholic. — Tim Spiers, New York Times, 1 June 2026

The case later drew attention from the Innocence Project, which said advances in DNA testing ultimately discredited the prosecution’s core forensic evidence. — Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 7 May 2026

But whereas leftist thinkers starting with Marx saw the liberal ideal as totally discredited, a mere camouflage for capitalist power, Habermas kept faith with the utopian potential of liberalism. — Adam Kirsch, The Atlantic, 3 May 2026

New science and forensics have since discredited the expert’s conclusion, prompting Gurley to throw out the convictions and order a new trial. — Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 13 Apr. 2026