Discredit
Discredit verb - To reduce to a lower standing in one's own eyes or in others' eyes.
Usage example: attempted to discredit her political opponents by deliberately spreading false rumors
Write off and discredit are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Write off" instead a verb "Discredit".
Write off
Write off verb - To express scornfully one's low opinion of.
Usage example: most critics have already written off that director as a hack incapable of turning out anything but schlock
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- reject and discredit
- reject and write off
- discount and discredit
- discount and write off
- lower and discredit
- lower and write off
- diminish and discredit
- diminish and write off
- depreciate and discredit
- depreciate and write off
- degrade and discredit
- degrade and write off
- humiliate and discredit
- humiliate and write off
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