What are some opposite words for discredit?
Antonyms for discredit
dɪsˈkrɛd ɪtdis·cred·it
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term discredit.
Wiktionary
discreditverb
Synonyms:
tell against, invalidate, demean, disgrace, disprove, dishonourdiscreditverb
To harm the good reputation of a person; to cause an idea or piece of evidence to seem false or unreliable.
Synonyms:
demean, invalidate, disprove, dishonour, tell against, disgrace
English Synonyms and Antonyms
discredit
Abase refers only to outward conditions. "Exalt him that is low, and abase him that is high." Ezek. xxi, 26. Debase applies to quality or character. The coinage is debased by excess of alloy, the man by vice. Humble in present use refers chiefly to feeling of heart; humiliate to outward conditions; even when one is said to humble himself, he either has or affects to have humility of heart. To disgrace may be to bring or inflict odium upon others, but the word is chiefly and increasingly applied to such moral odium as one by his own acts brings upon himself; the noun disgrace retains more of the passive sense than the verb; he disgraced himself by his conduct; he brought disgrace upon his family. To dishonor a person is to deprive him of honor that should or might be given. To discredit one is to injure his reputation, as for veracity or solvency. A sense of unworthiness humbles; a shameful insult humiliates; imprisonment for crime disgraces. Degrade may refer to either station or character. An officer is degraded by being reduced to the ranks, disgraced by cowardice; vile practises degrade; drunkenness is a degrading vice. Misfortune or injustice may abase the good; nothing but their own ill-doing can debase or disgrace them.
Antonyms:
advance, aggrandize, dignify, elevate, exalt, honor, promote, raise, upliftSynonyms:
abase, bring low, cast down, debase, degrade, depress, disgrace, dishonor, humble, humiliate, lower, reduce, sink
Princeton's WordNet
disrepute, discreditverb
the state of being held in low esteem
"your actions will bring discredit to your name"; "because of the scandal the school has fallen into disrepute"
Synonyms:
disreputediscreditverb
cause to be distrusted or disbelieved
"The paper discredited the politician with its nasty commentary"
Synonyms:
disbelieve, disgracediscredit, disgraceverb
damage the reputation of
"This newspaper story discredits the politicians"
Synonyms:
disgrace, put down, disbelieve, demean, attaint, dishonor, shame, dishonour, take down, degradedisbelieve, discreditverb
reject as false; refuse to accept
Synonyms:
disbelieve, disgrace
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
discreditnoun
Synonyms:
disesteem, disrepute, unpopularity
How to use discredit in a sentence?
This entire Chantilly Virginia debacle showed one of the weaknesses of Democratic Party which is focusing on their Trump-hate, the same kind of vitriol that they’ve been attacking Rush with since the beginning of the program … They do n’t rely on facts, they just want to smear and discredit their political opponents rather than engage them and it is starting to backfire.
Too much public discourse today is sullied by ad hominem rhetoric, that is, attempts to discredit an argument not by proving that it is unsound but by attacking the character or motives of the argument's proponents, the majority regrettably succumbs to this trend.
This line of inquiry makes it appear that the (special investigative unit) is looking for ways to discredit Mr. Zambrano based on any problems he may have faced in his past, instead of ascertaining the facts about the officers' knowledge at the time of the shooting.
Hundreds of farmers will launch a tractor trolley march to New Delhi to voice our grievances against the new laws, government wants to discredit and crush our movement, but we will continue to protest peacefully.
Janet and I want to affirm our support for the Joshua Duggar family. ... He and his family dealt with it and were honest and open about it with the victims and the authorities. No purpose whatsoever is served by those who are now trying to discredit Josh or his family by sensationalizing the story.
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