Discredit
To harm or damage someone's reputation or credibility; to cause others to doubt or distrust.
verbDiscredit
To harm or damage someone's reputation or credibility; to cause others to doubt or distrust.
verbImagine This
The mean store clerk would not give a customer their credit back deliberately. They argued so loudly that everyone in the store was looking at them. He had lost his reputation.
Sounds Like
dihs-KRED-it
Looks Like
credit (visually similar; the base word 'credit' with a negating prefix 'dis-')
Remember This
Discredit focuses on harming reputation or credibility; its noun form is discredit, referring to the loss of reputation itself.
Other Forms
Note
Discredit is often used with credibility or trust (e.g., discredit a witness, discredit rumors). Do not confuse with discreet (careful and prudent) or credit (belief or trust) in unrelated contexts.