English-Icelandic translations for discredit
Definition of discredit
- To harm the good reputation of a person; to cause an idea or piece of evidence to seem false or unreliable
- Discrediting or disbelieving
- A person or thing that causes harm to a reputation, as of a person, family, or institution
- The state of being discredited or disbelieved
- A degree of dishonour or disesteem; ill repute; reproach
Examples
- The candidate tried to discredit his opponent.
- The evidence would tend to discredit such a theory.
- Later accounts have brought the story into discredit.
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