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Synonyms and Antonyms of discredits
- attempted to discredit her political opponents by deliberately spreading false rumors
abashes, confounds, confuses, discomfits, disconcerts, discountenances, embarrasses, fazes, flusters, mortifies, nonpluses (or nonplusses), rattles
belittles, castigates, cries down, criticizes, decries, depreciates, detracts, diminishes, discounts, disparages, minimizes, puts down, ridicules, writes off
bad-mouths, defames, defiles, libels, maligns, slanders
censures, condemns, damns, denounces, execrates, reprehends, reprobates
acclaims, applauds, boasts, celebrates, cheers, cites, commends, compliments, congratulates, decorates, eulogizes, extols (also extolls), fetes (or fêtes), hails, honors, lauds, praises, salutes, touts
highlights, plays up, spotlights
dignifies, ennobles, enshrines, enskies, enthrones, glorifies, magnifies
advances, boosts, lifts, promotes, raises, upgrades, uplifts
- I discredit the story that the old inn is haunted
distrusts, doubts, mistrusts, suspects
derides, pooh-poohs (also poohs), scoffs (at)
- the pseudoscience of phrenology has been thoroughly discredited
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