discredited
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Discredit \Dis*cred"it\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Discredited}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Discrediting}.] [Cf. F. discr['e]diter.]
1. To refuse credence to; not to accept as true; to
disbelieve; as, the report is discredited.
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2. To deprive of credibility; to destroy confidence or trust
in; to cause disbelief in the accuracy or authority of.
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An occasion might be given to the . . . papists of
discrediting our common English Bible. --Strype.
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2. To deprive of credit or good repute; to bring reproach
upon; to make less reputable; to disgrace.
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He. . . least discredits his travels who returns the
same man he went. --Sir H.
Wotton.
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from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
discredited \discredited\ adj.
1. being brought into disrepute; as, a discredited
politician.
Syn: damaged.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. suffering shame.
Syn: disgraced, dishonored, shamed.
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3. having been shown to be incorrect; as, a discredited
theory or policy.
[PJC]
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
46 Moby Thesaurus words for "discredited":
at a discount, belied, confounded, confuted, contested, deflated,
denied, disbelieved, discarded, disgraced, dismissed, disproved,
disputed, doubted, exploded, exposed, impugned, in Dutch, in bad,
in bad odor, in bad repute, in discredit, in disfavor, in disgrace,
in disrepute, invalidated, loaded with shame, mistrusted, moot,
negated, negatived, out of countenance, out of favor, overthrown,
overturned, punctured, questioned, refuted, rejected, shamed,
shown up, suspect, suspected, under a cloud, under suspicion,
upset
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