discredit

IPA: dɪskrˈɛdʌt

(countable or uncountable) Discrediting or disbelieving.
(countable) A person or thing that causes harm to a reputation, as of a person, family, or institution.
(uncountable) The state of being discredited or disbelieved.
(uncountable) A degree of dishonour or disesteem; ill repute; reproach.

(transitive) To harm the good reputation of a person; to cause an idea or piece of evidence to seem false or unreliable.

Examples of "discredit" in Sentences

Remember, the first tactic to discredit is to call the opponent insane, or to intimate insanity.
The third thing to her discredit was her living in the land of Canaan, whose inhabitants were known to be harsh and evil.
Aside from any other sleaziness in this story, the idea that being gay is a 'discredit' to someone is loathesome to say the list.
He entertained, he insisted, a high regard for Mrs. Hill, and the only thing he knew to her discredit was the fact that she was Major Hill's wife.
What I'm really seeking to discredit is a specific component of homodoxy exhibited most notably in monotheism but just as present in polytheist and atheist homodoxies.
- I cannot possibly oblige you by not wearing my gown, because I have it made up on purpose to wear it a great deal, & as the discredit will be my own, I feel the less regret.
The main reason for the discredit, which is world wide, is, I think, to be found in the fact that a congress of representatives is essentially a group of blind men in a vast, unknown world.