discredit

• POS: Noun, Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: dis=cred=it

OXFORD DICTIONARY

discredit, n. & v.
--n.
1 harm to reputation (brought discredit on the enterprise).
2 a person or thing causing this (he is a discredit to his family).
3 lack of credibility; doubt (throws discredit on her story).
4 the loss of commercial credit.
--v.tr. (-credited, -crediting)
1 harm the good reputation of.
2 cause to be disbelieved.
3 refuse to believe.

THESAURUS

discredit

agnosticism, asperse, aspersion, atheism, bad character, bad name, bad odor, bad report, bad reputation, bad repute, belie, belittle, besmirch, blacken, blemish, blot, blow sky-high, blow up, brand, bring down, bring into discredit, bring low, bring shame upon, bring to naught, calumniate, cast reproach upon, cry down, damage, debase, decry, defamation, defame, deflate, defrock, degradation, degrade, demean, denial, deny, deplume, deprecate, depreciate, derogate from, destroy, detract, detract from, devaluate, devalue, diminish, disapprobation, disapprove of, disbelief, disbelieve, disconfirm, disesteem, disfavor, disgrace, dishonor, disparage, displume, disprove, dispute, disrepute, distrust, doubt, doubtfulness, dubiousness, evil repute, explode, expose, gag on, harm, heresy, hold in contempt, humiliate, humiliation, ignominy, ill fame, ill repute, ill-favor, impute shame to, inability to believe, incredulity, infamy, infidelity, invalidate, knock, libel, lower, make little of, malign, minimifidianism, minimize, misbelief, misbelieve, mistrust, mock, negate, negative, nonbelief, not admit, not believe, not buy, not swallow, nullifidianism, obloquy, odium, opprobrium, pillory, poor reputation, prove the contrary, public dishonor, puncture, put down, put to shame, qualm, question, reduce, reflect discredit upon, reflection, refuse to admit, refuse to credit, refute, reject, rejection, reproach, ridicule, ruin, run down, scandal, scepticism, scruple, shady reputation, shame, shoot, show up, slander, slight, slur, smear, smirch, speak ill of, stigma, stigmatize, submit to indignity, sully, suspicion, taint, tarnish, unbelief, unbelieve, unbelievingness, undercut, unfrock, unsavory reputation, vilify

ROGET THESAURUS

discredit

Disrepute

N disrepute, discredit, ill repute, bad repute, bad name, bad odor, bad favor, ill name, ill odor, ill favor, disapprobation, ingloriousness, derogation, abasement, debasement, abjectness, degradation, dedecoration, a long farewell to all my greatness, odium, obloquy, opprobrium, ignominy, dishonor, disgrace, shame, humiliation, scandal, baseness, vileness, turpitude, infamy, tarnish, taint, defilement, pollution, stain, blot, spot, blur, stigma, brand, reproach, imputation, slur, crying shame, burning shame, scandalum magnatum, badge of infamy, blot in one's escutcheon, bend sinister, bar sinister, champain, point champain, byword of reproach, Ichabod, argumentum ad verecundiam, sense of shame, disgraced, blown upon, shorn of its beams, shorn of one's glory, overcome, downtrodden, loaded with shame, in bad repute, out of repute, out of favor, out of fashion, out of countenance, at a discount, under a cloud, under an eclipse, unable to show one's face, in the shade, in the background, out at elbows, down at the elbows, down in the world, inglorious, nameless, renownless, obscure, unknown to fame, unnoticed, unnoted, unhonored, unglorified, shameful, disgraceful, discreditable, disreputable, despicable, questionable, unbecoming, unworthy, derogatory, degrading, humiliating, infra dignitatem, dedecorous, scandalous, infamous, too bad, unmentionable, ribald, opprobrious, errant, shocking, outrageous, notorious, ignominious, scrubby, dirty, abject, vile, beggarly, pitiful, low, mean, shabby base, to one's shame be it spoken, Int, fie!, shame!, for shame!, proh pudor!, O tempora!, O mores!, ough!, sic transit gloria mundi!.

VB be inglorious, incur disgrace, have a bad name, earn a bad name, put a halter round one's neck, wear a halter round one's neck, disgrace oneself, expose oneself, play second fiddle, lose caste, pale one's ineffectual fire, recede into the shade, fall from one's high estate, keep in the background, be conscious of disgrace, look blue, look foolish, look like a fool, cut a poor figure, cut a sorry figure, laugh on the wrong side of the mouth, make a sorry face, go away with a flea in, one's ear, slink away, cause shame, shame, disgrace, put to shame, dishonor, throw dishonor upon, cast dishonor upon, fling dishonor upon, reflect dishonor upon, be a reproach, to, derogate from, tarnish, stain, blot sully, taint, discredit, degrade, debase, defile, beggar, expel, impute shame to, brand, post, stigmatize, vilify, defame, slur, cast a slur upon, hold up to shame, send to Coventry, tread under foot, trample under foot, show up, drag through the mire, heap dirt upon, reprehend, bring low, put down, snub, take down a peg, take down a peg lower, take down a peg or two, obscure, eclipse, outshine, take the shine out of, throw into the shade, cast into the shade, overshadow, leave in the background, put in the background, push into a corner, put one's nose out of joint, put out, put out of countenance, upset, throw off one's center, discompose, disconcert, put to the blush.

Doubt

N unbelief doubt, unbelief, disbelief, misbelief, discredit, miscreance, infidelity, dissent, change of opinion, retraction, doubt, skepticism, scepticism, misgiving, demure, distrust, mistrust, cynicism, misdoubt, suspicion, jealousy, scruple, qualm, onus probandi, incredibility, incredibleness, incredulity, doubter, skeptic, cynic, unbeliever, unbelieving, skeptical, sceptical, incredulous as to, skeptical as to, distrustful as to, shy as to, suspicious of, doubting, doubtful, disputable, unworthy of, undeserving of belief, questionable, suspect, suspicious, open to suspicion, open to doubt, staggering, hard to believe, incredible, unbelievable, not to be believed, inconceivable, impossible, fallible, undemonstrable, controvertible, cum grano salis, with a grain of salt, with grains of allowance, fronti nulla fides, nimium ne crede colori, timeo Danaos et dona ferentes, I fear the Greeks even when bearing gifts, beware of Greeks bearing gifts, credat Judaeus Apella, let those believe who may, ad tristem partem stenua est suspicio.

VB disbelieve, discredit, not believe, misbelieve, refuse to admit, refuse to believe, doubt, be doubtful, doubt the truth of, be skeptical as to, diffide, distrust, mistrust, suspect, smoke, scent, smell a rat, have doubts, harbor doubts, entertain doubts, suspicions, have one's doubts, demure, stick at, pause, hesitate, scruple, stop to consider, waver, hang in suspense, hang in doubt, throw doubt upon, raise a question, bring in, call in question, question, challenge, dispute, deny, cavil, cause a doubt, raise a doubt, start a doubt, suggest a doubt, awake a doubt, make suspicion, ergotize, startle, stagger, shake one's faith, shake one's belief, stagger one's faith, stagger one's belief.