to discredit

Examples

• All

• For the first time, the winner cannot completely discredit the defeated.

  Academic text (1992)

• Obviously, the government has gone to an extreme measure to try to just discredit him and prove that this wasn't the case.

• If you discredit them, then you discredit what they gave us.

  God's Not Dead: We The People (2021)

• If anyone can discredit these men, it's you.

  Left Behind II: Tribulation Force (2002)

• It's not something you can use in court to discredit the will.

  Magnolia (1999)

• Why is it so important for everybody to discredit me?

  The Ambulance (1990)

• How can we discredit them?

  Legal Eagles (1986)

• Do you think that people discredit your talent in hard work because of you and your family's money?

• And Marge's attorney tries to discredit him by saying that his memory is not very good.

• The lawyer worked hard to discredit the witness's testimony during the trial.

Synonyms

D

to deny

vsto discredit

∞ 2.0

To say that something is not true

is a judgment about trustworthiness rather than a mere spoken refusal

R

to refute

vsto discredit

• Formal

88 6.2

To show that an idea or statement is false using evidence

is an attitude of rejection rather than the act of proving false

D

to debunk

vsto discredit

57 5.7

To show that an idea or claim is false with clear facts

is about judging truth or trust rather than exposing pretension

N

to negate

vsto discredit

52 5.3

To make something no longer work or be true

is focused on judging falsehood or untrustworthiness rather than canceling effect

D

to denigrate

vsto discredit

48 7.8

To say bad things about someone without a good reason to make them seem less important

is about declaring something false or untrustworthy rather than insulting

R

to rebut

vsto discredit

21 7.0

To say or show that a claim is wrong

is a judgment that it is false rather than an argumentative reply

I

to impugn

vsto discredit

• Formal

20 8.1

To say that someone's words are not honest or true

is a firmer statement that something is false or cannot be trusted

D

to disbelieve

vsto discredit

14 4.7

To not accept that something is true

is a judgment that something is false or untrustworthy rather than private doubt

U

to undermine credibility

vsto discredit

8 6.6

Make people trust someone or something less

is a straightforward judgment that it is false or untrustworthy rather than slow damage

D

to disconfirm

vsto discredit

1 7.4

To show by facts that an idea or belief is not true

is more about refusing belief or distrust than providing proof

C

to contravene

vsto discredit

1 8.3

To say that a statement is not true

is a judgment that something is false or untrustworthy not just contradiction

U

to unconvince

vsto discredit

1 9.0

Make someone stop believing something they used to think

is a judgment that something is false rather than the act of changing belief

C

to confute

vsto discredit

• Formal

9.9

To show a person's idea is wrong using facts or clear arguments

is a judgment of untrustworthiness rather than formal argumentative proof

I

invalidating

vsto discredit

• Formal

6.5

To show that something is not true or not accepted by law

is a judgment about truth or reliability rather than legal invalidity

C

to call it a crock

vsto discredit

• Informal

9.5

To say that an idea is nonsense or not true

is a considered judgment of falsehood rather than a blunt or casual dismissal

Antonyms

A

to accept

∞ 1.3

To believe or agree that something is true

How Believed

to accept

∞ 1.3

to question

777 3.5

to discredit

16 5.6

to debunk

57 5.7

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology