discredit
noun [U] /dɪˈskred.ɪt/ formalDefinition
› loss of respect for or belief in someone or something: The stupid behaviour of one pupil has brought discredit on the whole school. To her discredit, she never admitted her role in the scandal.Humiliating and degrading
(Definition of discredit noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- abase verb
- be under a cloud idiom
- bring/take sb down a peg (or two) idiom
- bruise sb's ego idiom
- cut sb down to size idiom
- deflate verb (WEAKEN)
- discredit verb
- disgrace noun
- disgrace verb
- dishonour noun
- dishonour verb
- humiliating adjective
- ignoble adjective
- ignominious adjective
- ignominy noun
- in the doghouse idiom
- ruin noun
- shameful adjective
- shoddy adjective (NOT RESPECTFUL)
- stoop to sth phrasal verb
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Humiliating and degrading
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