- Types Of Speech
- You can use discredit as a verb or as a noun in a sentence.
- About Discredit
- A 3 syllables verb and 9 letters with the letters c, d, e, i, r, s, and t, 6 consonants, 3 vowels and 3 syllables with the middle letter r. Discredit starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters d, di, dis, disc, discr, and the ending characters are t, it, dit, edit, redit, ..
- Definition
- The state of being held in low esteem; "your actions will bring discredit to your name"; "because of the scandal the school has fallen into disrepute"
- Compound Words
- A compound word, discredit has more than one word within it. There's 2 words which are dis, and credit.
- School Grade
- Discredit is set as a grade eight word that starts with d, ends with t, 3 syllables, 3 vowels and 9 letters.
- Pig Latin
- Discredit in Pig Latin is said as "iscreditday or iscreditdway".
- Unigram
- d | i | s | c | r | e | d | i | t
- Bigram
- di | is | sc | cr | re | ed | di | it
- Trigram
- dis | isc | scr | cre | red | edi | dit
- Quadrigram
- disc | iscr | scre | cred | redi | edit
- Word Gram
- Noun Examples
- the state of being held in low esteem;
"your actions will bring discredit to your name";
"because of the scandal the school has fallen into disrepute"
- Verb Examples
- reject as false;
refuse to accept - cause to be distrusted or disbelieved;
"The paper discredited the politician with its nasty commentary" - damage the reputation of;
"This newspaper story discredits the politicians"
| Synonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abase | cause to feel shame hurt the pride of "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss" |
| Abhorrence | hate coupled with disgust |
| Abnegation | renunciation of your own interests in favor of the interests of others |
| Abomination | an action that is vicious or vile an action that arouses disgust or abhorence "his treatment of the children is an abomination" |
| Adulterate | corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones "adulterate liquor" |
| Agnosticism | the disbelief in any claims of ultimate knowledge |
| Aspersion | the act of sprinkling water in baptism (rare) |
| Atheism | a lack of belief in the existence of God or gods |
| Badmouth | speak unfavorably about "She badmouthes her husband everywhere" |
| Bad Character |
View all cognitive synonyms for Discredit
| Antonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Repute | the state of being held in high esteem and honor |
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Discredit | the state of being held in low esteem "your actions will bring discredit to your name" "because of the scandal the school has fallen into disrepute" |
| Disgrace | a state of dishonor "one mistake brought shame to all his family" "suffered the ignominy of being sent to prison" |
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Dishonor | lacking honor or integrity |
| Dishonour | lacking honor or integrity |
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Infamy | evil fame or public reputation |
Discredit Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With D
- Ends With T
- Spelled With / Contains Letters
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