discredit

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

Translation

English Definition:
vt. å forårsake vantro eller tvil;
n. tap av rykte, skade på omdømmet.
Word Forms
Third Person Singulardiscredits
Past Participlediscredited
Past Tensediscredited
Present Participlediscrediting
Pluraldiscredits

Example Sentences

the ships were a discredit to the country.

Skipene var en skam for landet.

He brought discredit on the whole family.

Han brakte skam over hele familien.

That boy is a discredit to his family.

Den gutten er en skam for familien sin.

Her honor was discredited in the newspapers.

Hennes ære ble svekket i avisene.

Your actions will bring discredit to your name.

Handlingene dine vil bringe skam over navnet ditt.

Such behavior can only reflect discredit upon you.

Slik oppførsel kan bare reflektere skam over deg.

Their behaviour has bought discredit on English football.

Deres oppførsel har brakt skam over engelsk fotball.

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

Hans kommentarer ble tatt ut av kontekst i et forsøk på å svekke hans rykte.

they committed crimes which brought discredit upon the administration.

De begikk forbrytelser som brakte skam over administrasjonen.

his aides were discredited and displaced.

Hans assistenter ble svekket og erstattet.

The disclosure of cheating, and plagiary discredited him thoroughly.

Avsløringen av juks og plagiat diskrediterte ham fullstendig.

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

Læreren oppfordret barna til å oppføre seg bra og ikke være en skam for fellesskapet.

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

Den fyren er en skam for familien, slektningene og vennene sine.

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

Man bør svekke mye av det som står trykket i aviser.

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."

«Så langt dette emnet gjelder, har senere undersøkelser svekket de tidligere konklusjonene.»

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

Sylvia kommer ikke overens med veilederen, og faren er at han finner på en anklage for å miskreditere henne.

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

Hans ugentlemanlige forsøk på å diskreditere salget av narkotika av hans profesjonelle kolleger ville etter hvert slå tilbake på 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 Midtøsten-området er blitt svekket fordi det er innsettet at reporteren brukte falsk informasjon.

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