discredit
verb/dɪsˈkredɪt/
/dɪsˈkredɪt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they discredit | /dɪsˈkredɪt/ /dɪsˈkredɪt/ |
| he / she / it discredits | /dɪsˈkredɪts/ /dɪsˈkredɪts/ |
| past simple discredited | /dɪsˈkredɪtɪd/ /dɪsˈkredɪtɪd/ |
| past participle discredited | /dɪsˈkredɪtɪd/ /dɪsˈkredɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form discrediting | /dɪsˈkredɪtɪŋ/ /dɪsˈkredɪtɪŋ/ |
- discredit somebody/something to make people stop respecting somebody/something
- The photos were deliberately taken to discredit the president.
- a discredited government/policy
Extra Examples- She accused the minister of trying to discredit the government.
- This was a blatant attempt to discredit this company.
- This divided and discredited government has lost the trust of the people.
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- discredit something to make people stop believing that something is true; to make something appear unlikely to be true
- These theories are now largely discredited among linguists.
- This new evidence discredits earlier findings.
- These ideas have now been completely discredited.
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from dis- (expressing reversal) + credit, on the pattern of Italian (di)scredito (noun), (di)screditare (verb), and French discrédit (noun), discréditer (verb).
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