different between discredit vs denigrate

English

Etymology

dis- +? credit.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?d?t

Verb

discredit (third-person singular simple present discredits, present participle discrediting, simple past and past participle discredited)

1. (transitive) To harm the good reputation of a person; to cause an idea or piece of evidence to seem false or unreliable.

   The candidate tried to discredit his opponent.

   The evidence would tend to discredit such a theory.

Synonyms

• demean, disgrace, dishonour, disprove, invalidate, tell against

Derived terms

• discreditor

Translations

Noun

discredit (countable and uncountable, plural discredits)

1. (countable or uncountable) Discrediting or disbelieving.
2. (countable) A person or thing that causes harm to a reputation, as of a person, family, or institution.
3. (uncountable) The state of being discredited or disbelieved.

   Later accounts have brought the story into discredit.

4. (uncountable) A degree of dishonour or disesteem; ill repute; reproach.
   • 1815, Doctor Rogers, “A good Life the best Ornament of the Christian Profession” (sermon), in Family Lectures: or, a copious Collection of Sermons, F. C. and J. Rivington et al., page 351:

     It is the duty of every Christian to be concerned for the reputation or discredit his life may bring on his profession.

Synonyms

• (degree of dishonour): demerit

Translations

References

• discredit in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• discredit at OneLook Dictionary Search

Romanian

Etymology

From French discrédit.

Noun

discredit n (uncountable)

1. disrepute

Declension

English

Etymology

From Latin d?nigr?tus, the past participle of d?nigr?re (“to blacken”), from d? + nigrare (“to blacken”) (from niger (“black”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?n.?.??e?t/

Verb

denigrate (third-person singular simple present denigrates, present participle denigrating, simple past and past participle denigrated)

1. (transitive) To criticise so as to besmirch; traduce, disparage or defame.
2. (transitive) To treat as worthless; belittle, degrade or disparage.

3. (rare) To blacken.

Derived terms

• denigration
• denigratory

Translations

References

• “denigrate”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

Anagrams

• antigreed, dinergate, giant reed, gratineed, gratinéed

Italian

Verb

denigrate

1. second-person plural present and imperative of denigrare

Anagrams

• gradiente