āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
discredit
/dÉĒskÉšËÉdÉĒt/
to discredit
01
āĻ āĻĒāĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ āĻšāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to make someone or something be no longer respected
Transitive: to discredit a person or their reputation
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The scandal served to discredit the politician in the eyes of the public.
āĻā§āĻ˛ā§āĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ¨āĻ¸āĻžāĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖā§āĻ° āĻā§āĻā§ āĻ°āĻžāĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻāĻā§ āĻ
āĻĒāĻŽāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻ¸āĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
02
āĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āĻš āĻ¸ā§āĻˇā§āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to raise doubt about someone or something and make people stop believing in them
Transitive: to discredit information
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The online article 's misleading information and lack of reliable sources quickly discredited its claims.
āĻ
āĻ¨āĻ˛āĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§āĻ° āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻāĻ° āĻ¤āĻĨā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻāĻ°āĻ¯ā§āĻā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ¸ā§āĻ° āĻ
āĻāĻžāĻŦ āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻ° āĻĻāĻžāĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋāĻā§ āĻ
āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻ¤ā§āĻ˛ā§āĻā§āĨ¤
03
āĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸āĻ¯ā§āĻā§āĻ¯āĻ¤āĻž āĻ¨āĻˇā§āĻ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to make people believe someone or something is not trustworthy or reliable
Transitive: to discredit sb/sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The lawyer attempted to discredit the witness during cross-examination.
āĻāĻāĻ¨āĻā§āĻŦā§ āĻā§āĻ°āĻ¸-āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĻˇāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¸āĻžāĻā§āĻˇā§āĻā§ āĻ
āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻā§āĻˇā§āĻāĻž āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
Discredit
01
āĻ āĻĒāĻŽāĻžāĻ¨, āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨āĻšāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋ
the state of being held in low esteem
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
discredit
credit
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
