Definition of Discredit

to harm the good reputation

Examples of Discredit in a sentence

The way Leonard responded to the customer was a discredit to the company’s service policy.  🔊

During the divorce, he did some pretty terrible things to bring discredit upon his wife.  🔊

The gross misconduct by one employee brought discredit on the whole company.  🔊

The long-held belief fell into a state of discredit when an alternate theory proved to be more logical.  🔊

To her discredit, none of the recipes she put in her new cookbook were original.  🔊

He should never have tried to discredit his boss because now he won’t be able to get a job anywhere in the industry.  🔊

Evolutionists discredit the biblical story of creation as a myth.  🔊

He supposedly has a reputation as a great humanitarian, but the article in the newspaper seems to discredit that.  🔊

Although many journalists are only interested in presenting the truth to the public, there are too many who seem to be out to discredit everyone in a position of power.  🔊

Every time I tried to voice my opinion on a particular subject, Jack jumped in to discredit everything I had to say.  🔊

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