Meaning

2 senses
  1. (transitive)To harm the good reputation of (a person).

    The candidate tried to discredit his opponent.

    in Misskredit bringen, diskreditieren

    дискредити́роватьdiskreditírovatʹ, позо́ритьpozóritʹ, опозо́ритьopozóritʹ

    damage the reputation of

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

    The evidence would tend to discredit such a theory.

Examples

38 sentences
  1. Tom believes Mary is trying to discredit him.

    Том вважає, що Мері намагається дискредитувати його. — deniko

  2. Tom is trying to discredit us.

    ruТом пытается нас дискредитировать. — marafon

  3. Tom has been trying to discredit us.

  4. Tom didn't believe Mary was trying to discredit him.

  5. I was discredited.

    ruЯ была дискредитирована. — marafon

Translations

7 languages
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Deutsch
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Forms

discredits, discrediting, discredited, discredited
Base formdiscredit · to discredit
3rd person singulardiscredits
Present participlediscrediting
Past simplediscredited
Past participlediscredited

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydiscredit
he, she, itdiscredits

Past simpleLesson

all personsdiscredited

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave discredited
he, she, ithas discredited

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill discredit

Synonyms

31 synonyms

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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