discreditable

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adjective

Able to be discredited.

Similar
disreputable
OriginEnglish discredit ← Middle English dis- ← Latin dis- →
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Meanings

adjectivediscreditable (comparative more discreditable, superlative most discreditable)

comparative more discreditable · superlative most discreditable

  1. Able to be discredited.
  2. Low, mean, bringing discredit.

    Shortly after midnight a determined attempt was made to wreck a portion of Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-on-Avon, by means of an explosive bomb. […] Copies of suffragette leaflets strewn about clearly indicate the purpose of this discreditable affair.

    1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivetending to bring discredit or disrepute; blameworthy

Similar
disreputable
Also see
basedisreputableignominiousmiserablemurrainpissassscandalouswretched

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  3. Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
  4. Proto-Italic*dis-
  5. Latindis-
  6. Old Frenchdes-
  7. Latindis-
  8. Middle Englishdis-
  9. Englishdis-
  10. Englishcredit
  11. Englishdiscredit
  12. Englishdiscreditable

From discredit + -able.

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Cite this entry
APA

discreditable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/discreditable

MLA

“discreditable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/discreditable. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “discreditable,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/discreditable.

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