to discredit
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6.3
- verb
- /dɪsˈkrɛdɪt/
- On the bus, Luke again attempted to discredit his brother.
- attempts to discredit
- seek to discredit
- a campaign to discredit
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Watch on YouTubeThis campaign against you is meant to discredit you, so we won't believe you.
- This campaign against you is meant to discredit you, so we won't believe you.
- They try to discredit people like me because we are different.
- And hate, you can hate, but you can't discredit my accolades.
- And, and try to smear and discredit them.
- But secondly, I'm a dissident, so I'm much more vulnerable to being discredited.
- Because the witnesses, pardon me, the witnesses that were used in that case has been discredited just for people watching as well.
- It's it was just really interesting to see independent media within a few years completely discredit itself.
- It's it's as if there's a force that says if you want to work on the world's most important problem, we're going to make you poor, we're going to discredit you.
- They've got powers when they try and discredit any anybody.
- It's some of it's pretty ugly and self discrediting you.
- He he's getting he's he's an active target of people discrediting him and others too.
- And I know it when nobody but you, Ryan Garcia, using a fake page to come and try to discredit my journalism.
Examples
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The politician tried to discredit his opponent by spreading false rumors.
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Jesus' enemies will do everything to discredit him.
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But you are here to discredit me.
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"Because not only do we want to kill him, we want to discredit his research.
Fiction book (1994) -
We'll just have to get the best lawyers, try to discredit her in court, and hope we can beat it.
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This campaign against you is meant to discredit you, so we won't believe you.
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They try to discredit people like me because we are different.
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They are trying to discredit her.
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The only reason to do that would be to spread misinformation in order to discredit him as a potential source.
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The frequency and significance of these errors serve to discredit the entire article.
Academic text (1994)
Synonyms
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7.1
Make a person, group, or thing seem evil and dangerous, often unfairly
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5.0
To make someone or something seem not important
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7.8
To say bad things about someone without a good reason to make them seem less important
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7.9
To say or write bad things about someone to harm them
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4.5
To make someone lose respect or honor by doing something shameful
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7.3
To make something harmful or spoil its quality
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7.7
To speak badly about someone or something to show little respect
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6.3
To say false things that damage someone's reputation
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7.5
Treat someone as shameful and not worthy of respect
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6.8
To say false things about someone that harm their good name
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4.2
Completely destroy an idea, argument, or reputation
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7.7
To make people think someone or something is not acceptable
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6.6
Make people trust someone or something less
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6.0
Damage the respect and good opinion people have of someone or something
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8.2
To make a false written statement that harms someone's reputation
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8.4
Say or do things that make someone seem less respected
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9.9
To say false things about someone to harm their reputation
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Etymology
Discredit comes from dis- 'not' and credere 'to believe', the same root as in credit. So to discredit a person is to harm their reputation and make people stop trusting or respecting them.