discredit
21DISCRÉDIT — n. m. Diminution du crédit dont jouissait une personne ou une chose. Les lettres de change de ce négociant sont dans le discrédit. Le discrédit des billets de Law, des assignats a ruiné beaucoup de gens. Par extension, Le discrédit où tombe un… …
22discredit — /dis kred it/, v.t. 1. to injure the credit or reputation of; defame: an effort to discredit honest politicians. 2. to show to be undeserving of trust or belief; destroy confidence in: Later research discredited earlier theories. 3. to give no… …
23discrédit — (di skré di ; le t ne se lie pas dans la conversation) s. m. Diminution, perte de crédit, en parlant des choses et des personnes. Le discrédit des assignats, des billets d un négociant. Ce ministre fut dès lors en discrédit auprès du roi.… …
24discredit — dis|cred|it1 [ dıs kredıt ] verb transitive 1. ) to harm someone s reputation: She claims there was a conspiracy to discredit her. 2. ) to make people think that something is not true: attempts to discredit evidence discredit dis|cred|it 2 [ dıs… …
25discredit — 1. verb 1) an attempt to discredit him and his company Syn: bring into disrepute, disgrace, dishonor, damage the reputation of, blacken the name of, put/show in a bad light, reflect badly on, compromise, stigmatize, smear, tarnish, taint, slur 2) …
26discredit — 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. (… …
27discredit — Synonyms and related words: 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… …
28discredit — 1. verb 1) an attempt to discredit him Syn: bring into disrepute, disgrace, dishonour, blacken the name of, put/show in a bad light, compromise, smear, tarnish; N.Amer. slur 2) that theory has been discredited Syn: disprove …
29discredit — [dɪsˈkredɪt] verb [T] to make people stop believing or respecting someone or something She claims there was a conspiracy to discredit her.[/ex] discredit noun [U] …
30discredit — dis•cred•it [[t]dɪsˈkrɛd ɪt[/t]] v. t. 1) to injure the credit or reputation of; defame 2) to destroy confidence in the reliability of 3) to give no credence to: to discredit a witness[/ex] 4) loss or lack of belief or confidence; distrust 5)… …
