discreditable
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7.6
- adjective
- /dɪsˈkrɛdɪtəbl/
:
deshonroso
- His discreditable behavior at the meeting harmed his reputation.
- the most discreditable
Examples
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Nolan comes to portray a discreditable ideology, a collectivism that denies that anything can be anybody's own.
Blog text (10) -
Their focus was seen as materialistic, discreditable, and completely divorced from intellectual life.
Academic text (2001) -
Have you ever done a discreditable act, Mr. Cope?
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The most discreditable was the permanent lack of articles used for personal hygiene, as well as footwear and clothing.
Academic text (1996) -
The aim should be to describe the principles of liberty and democracy and to describe in sober and dispassionate terms the discreditable acts of the Nazi regime.
Academic text (1999) -
After the first week's shooting in Tampico, where all went swimmingly, the Mexican government abruptly shut down the production because of a local newspaper's claim that the film was discreditable to Mexico.
Academic text (2002) -
Particularly for women, writing constitutes a criminal (or, to borrow Woolf's term, "discreditable") practice, and has thus necessarily taken place in the shadows of public life.
Academic text (2017) -
I admit—for the sole reason that the others were seemingly unremitting, and I would not be the one to suggest our discreditable surrender.
Fiction book (2001) -
As employers begin not only to Google-search job applicants, but also to demand Facebook passwords, belonging to what Erving Goffman calls a "discreditable group" carries not just social but economic consequences.
Blog text (19) -
There is good reason to believe that if Obama is ever truly and thoroughly vetted, the results would so discredit him and his media enablers that it will become clear that—had the discreditable facts been known before either of his elections—he would have lost.
Blog text (9)
Synonyms
95
5.7
Very bad in a way that makes people feel strong dislike and disgust
50
7.9
Morally wrong and deserving strong criticism
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6.0
Not honest or fair and causing shame
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5.4
Deserves strong blame or dislike
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7.4
Very bad and makes people feel angry or disgusted
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8.5
Something that people strongly blame or hate for being very bad
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7.1
Not trusted or respected because of bad behavior
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9.5
Very bad and unpleasant, causing strong dislike
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8.3
A person thought to act in very bad, cruel ways
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6.5
Deserving blame for doing something wrong or harmful
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7.5
Deserving strong criticism for being wrong
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7.9
Deserving criticism because someone did something wrong
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9.9
Having a bad and dishonest character
People think it caused harm or did something wrong
Deserving blame for doing something wrong
Most people see it as bad or shameful
Mean and unfair in a way that hurts others
Harming someone's reputation by saying unfair or untrue things
Antonyms
How Shameful
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Discreditable comes from dis- meaning 'not' and credit meaning 'trust' or 'belief', the same credit you know in English. So something discreditable makes people 'not trust' someone and harms their reputation.