discredit

[US]/dɪsˈkredɪt/
[UK]/dɪsˈkredɪt/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

English Definition:
vt. at forårsage vantro eller tvivl;
n. ryets tab, skade på ens ry.
Word Forms
Third Person Singulardiscredits
Past Participlediscredited
Past Tensediscredited
Present Participlediscrediting
Pluraldiscredits

Example Sentences

the ships were a discredit to the country.

skibene var en skam for landet.

He brought discredit on the whole family.

Han bragte skam over hele familien.

That boy is a discredit to his family.

Den dreng er en skam for sin familie.

Her honor was discredited in the newspapers.

Hendes ære blev diskrediteret i aviserne.

Your actions will bring discredit to your name.

Dine handlinger vil bringe skam over dit navn.

Such behavior can only reflect discredit upon you.

Sådan opførsel kan kun afspejle skam over dig.

Their behaviour has bought discredit on English football.

Deres opførsel har bragt skam over engelsk fodbold.

his remarks were taken out of context in an effort to discredit him.

Hans bemærkninger blev taget ud af kontekst i et forsøg på at diskreditere ham.

they committed crimes which brought discredit upon the administration.

De begik forbrydelser, der bragte skade over administrationen.

his aides were discredited and displaced.

Hans assistenter blev diskrediteret og fjernet.

The disclosure of cheating, and plagiary discredited him thoroughly.

Afsløringen af snyd og plagiat diskrediterede ham fuldstændigt.

The teacher encouraged the children to behave well and not to be a discredit to the collective.

Læreren opfordrede børnene til at opføre sig godt og ikke at være en skam for fællesskabet.

That guy is a discredit to his family and relatives and friends.

Den fyr er en skam for sin familie og slægt og venner.

One should discredit a good deal of what is printed in newspapers.

Man bør diskreditere en god del af det, der står i aviserne.

aspersion, calumny, defame, denigrate, discredit, libel, malign, slander, slur, stigmatise, traduce, vilify.

aspersion, calumny, defame, denigrate, discredit, libel, malign, slander, slur, stigmatise, traduce, vilify.

"As far as this subject, later researches discredited the earlier conclusions."

"[Som det gælder dette emne, har senere undersøgelser diskrediteret de tidligere konklusioner.]"

Sylvia does not get on with the supervisor and the danger is that he will trump up some charge to discredit her.

Sylvia har det ikke godt med tilsynsføreren, og faren er, at han finder på en anklage for at diskreditere hende.

His ungentlemanly attempts to discredit the sale of drugs by his professional brethren would by-and-by recoil on himself.

Hans ugentlemanlige forsøg på at diskreditere salget af stoffer af hans professionelle kolleger ville på sigt gå ud over ham selv.

His reports about the war affairs in the Middle-East area have been discredited because it is realized that the reporter used false information.

Hans rapporter om krigsforholdene i Mellemøsten er blevet diskrediteret, fordi det er blevet indset, at reporteren brugte falske oplysninger.

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