discredit

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the state of being held in low esteem

   your actions will bring discredit to your name

2. 2
   verb

   cause to be distrusted or disbelieved

   The paper discredited the politician with its nasty commentary

3. 3
   verb

   damage the reputation of

   This newspaper story discredits the politicians

4. 4
   verb

   To harm the good reputation of (a person).

   The candidate tried to discredit his opponent.

5. 5
   verb

   To cause (an idea or piece of evidence) to seem false or unreliable.

   The evidence would tend to discredit such a theory.

6. 6
   noun

   Discrediting or disbelieving.

   Mr. Burton disbelieves it, and has brought sufficient reasons for his discredit of so improbable a story.

7. 7
   noun

   A person or thing that causes harm to a reputation, as of a person, family, or institution.

   […] that now and then a young man of that profession did actually appear among us, who was not a discredit to his country.

8. 8
   noun

   The state of being discredited or disbelieved.

   Later accounts have brought the story into discredit.

Etymology

From dis- + credit.