Word
Discredit
How many syllables?
3 Syllables
How it's divided?
dis-cred-it
Definition
- n. - The act of discrediting or disbelieving, or the state of
being discredited or disbelieved; as, later accounts have brought the
story into discredit.
- n. - Hence, some degree of dishonor or disesteem; ill repute;
reproach; -- applied to persons or things.
- v. t. - To refuse credence to; not to accept as true; to
disbelieve; as, the report is discredited.
- v. t. - To deprive of credibility; to destroy confidence or
trust in; to cause disbelief in the accuracy or authority of.
- v. t. - To deprive of credit or good repute; to bring
reproach upon; to make less reputable; to disgrace.
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