discredit

1 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 of discredit

abase, chasten, cheapen, debase, degrade, demean, disgrace, dishonor, foul, humble, humiliate, lower, shame, sink, smirch, take down

Words Related to discredit

abash, confound, confuse, discomfit, disconcert, discountenance, embarrass, faze, fluster, mortify, nonplus, rattle

belittle, castigate, criticize, cry down, decry, depreciate, detract, diminish, discount, disparage, minimize, put down, ridicule, write off

bad-mouth, defame, defile, libel, malign, slander

affront, insult

censure, condemn, damn, denounce, execrate, reprehend, reprobate

Near Antonyms of discredit

acclaim, applaud, boast, celebrate, cheer, cite, commend, compliment, congratulate, decorate, eulogize, extol (also extoll), fete (or fête), hail, honor, laud, praise, salute, tout

acknowledge, recognize

highlight, play up, spotlight

dignify, ennoble, enshrine, ensky, enthrone, glorify, magnify

advance, boost, lift, promote, raise, upgrade, uplift

idealize, romanticize

Antonyms of discredit

aggrandize, canonize, deify, elevate, exalt

2 to think not to be true or real

I discredit the story that the old inn is haunted

Synonyms of discredit

disbelieve, negate

Words Related to discredit

deny, reject, repudiate

distrust, doubt, mistrust, suspect

debunk, disprove, refute

deride, pooh-pooh (also pooh), scoff (at)

Near Antonyms of discredit

trust

Antonyms of discredit

accept, believe, credit, swallow

3 to prove to be false

the pseudoscience of phrenology has been thoroughly discredited

Synonyms of discredit

belie, confound, confute, debunk, disconfirm, disprove, falsify, rebut, refute, shoot down

Words Related to discredit

overthrow, overturn

challenge, contest, query, question

doubt, mistrust

debate, discuss, hash (over), moot, talk over

Phrases Synonymous with discredit

give the lie to

Near Antonyms of discredit

document, evidence, evince, record, show, support, witness

back (up), buttress, corroborate, substantiate

adduce

Synonyms and Antonyms of discredit

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