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Discredit

The act of discrediting or disbelieving, or the state of being discredited or disbelieved; as, later accounts have brought the story into discredit.

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Broader term 8

Belittle 76% connected

To make little or less in a moral sense; to speak of in a depreciatory or contemptuous way.

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Discount 76% connected

To deduct from an account, debt, charge, and the like; to make an abatement of; as, merchants sometimes discount five or six per cent for prompt paym…

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Dishonor 76% connected

Lack of honor; disgrace; ignominy; shame; reproach.

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Dismiss 76% connected

To send away; to give leave of departure; to cause or permit to go; to put away.

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Disparage 76% connected

To match unequally; to degrade or dishonor by an unequal marriage.

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Disregard 76% connected

Not to regard; to pay no heed to; to omit to take notice of; to neglect to observe; to slight as unworthy of regard or notice; as, to disregard the a…

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Ignore 76% connected

To be ignorant of or not acquainted with.

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Reject 76% connected

To cast from one; to throw away; to discard.

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Distrust 76% connected

To feel absence of trust in; not to confide in or rely upon; to deem of questionable sufficiency or reality; to doubt; to be suspicious of; to mistru…

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Doubt 76% connected

To waver in opinion or judgment; to be in uncertainty as to belief respecting anything; to hesitate in belief; to be undecided as to the truth of the…

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Mistrust 76% connected

Want of confidence or trust; suspicion; distrust.

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Suspect 76% connected

Suspicious; inspiring distrust.

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Narrower term 1

Infamy 76% connected

Total loss of reputation; public disgrace; dishonor; ignominy; indignity.

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Disrepute 74% connected

Loss or want of reputation; ill character; disesteem; discredit.

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Disrepute 74% connected

Loss or want of reputation; ill character; disesteem; discredit.

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Synonym 3

Disbelieve 92% connected

Not to believe; to refuse belief or credence to; to hold not to be true or actual.

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Disgrace 92% connected

The condition of being out of favor; loss of favor, regard, or respect.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Disrepute 92% connected

Loss or want of reputation; ill character; disesteem; discredit.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Antonym 2

Reputation 94% connected

The estimation in which one is held; character in public opinion; the character attributed to a person, thing, or action; repute.

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Reputation 94% connected

The estimation in which one is held; character in public opinion; the character attributed to a person, thing, or action; repute.

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