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DISCREDITED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does discredited mean?
• DISCREDITED (adjective)
The adjective DISCREDITED has 2 senses:
1. being unjustly brought into disrepute
2. suffering shame
Familiarity information: DISCREDITED used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Being unjustly brought into disrepute
Synonyms:
damaged; discredited
Context example:
her damaged reputation
Similar:
disreputable (lacking respectability in character or behavior or appearance)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Suffering shame
Synonyms:
discredited; disgraced; dishonored; shamed
Similar:
ashamed (feeling shame or guilt or embarrassment or remorse)
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