| Main Entry: | discredit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | blame, detract from |
Synonyms: |
blow up, bring into disrepute, bring to naught, censure, defame, degrade, destroy, disconsider, disesteem, disfavor, disgrace, dishonor, disparage, disprove, explode, expose, frown upon, knock bottom out of, mudsling, poke full of holes, pooh-pooh, puncture, put down, reflect on, reproach, ruin, run down, shoot, show up, slander, slur, smear, take rug out from under, tear down, vilify |
Antonyms: |
commend, credit, honor, praise |
| Main Entry: | disprove |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | prove false |
Synonyms: |
belie, blow sky high, blow up, break, confound, confute, contradict, contravene, controvert, deny, disconfirm, discredit, explode, expose, find unfounded, impugn, invalidate, knock bottom out of, knock props out, negate, negative, overthrow, overturn, poke holes in, puncture, rebut, refute, set aside, shoot, shoot holes in, tear down, throw out, traverse, weaken |
Antonyms: |
credit, prove, validate |
| Main Entry: | undermine |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | weaken |
Synonyms: |
attenuate, blunt, clip one's wings, corrode, cripple, debilitate, dig, dig out, disable, eat away, enfeeble, erode, excavate, foil, frustrate, hollow out, hurt, impair, knock the bottom out of, mine, poke full of holes, ruin, sabotage, sandbag, sap, soften, subvert, threaten, thwart, torpedo, tunnel, undercut, wear, whittle away, wreck |
Antonyms: |
strengthen |
| Main Entry: | discredit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
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Adjectives: |
low, abject, arrant, at a discount, base, beggarly, blown upon, dedecorous, degrading, derogatory, despicable, dirty, discreditable, disgraced, disgraceful, disreputable, down in the world, downtrodden, humiliating, ignominious, in bad repute, in the background, in the shade, indign, infamous, inglorious, loaded with shame, mean, nameless, notorious, opprobrious, out at elbows, out of contenance, out of fashion, out of favor, out of repute, outrageous, overcome, pitiful, pudendous, questionable, renownless, ribald, scandalous, scrubby, shabby, shameful, shocking, shorn of its beams, shorn of one's glory, too bad, unable to show one's face, unbecoming, under a cloud, under an eclipse, unglorified, unhonored, unknown to fame, unmentionable, unnoted, unnoticed, unworthy, vile
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