Discreditable
[dɪs'kredɪtəb(ə)l] or [dɪs'krɛdɪtəbl]
Definition
(adj.) tending to bring discredit or disrepute; blameworthy; 'his marks were not at all discreditable' .
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Definition
(a.) Not creditable; injurious to reputation; disgraceful; disreputable.
Edited by Joanne
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Disgraceful, disreputable.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See DISREPUTABLE]
Typist: Suzy
Examples
- I record it here as a notable but not discreditable fact that not even our pilgrims wept. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- You shall take the whole responsibility of this discreditable settlement on your own shoulders before I leave the room. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Another discreditable feature is, that, for a like reason, they are incapable of carrying on any war. Plato. The Republic.
- I am glad it occurred to me to mention it; for it would really be discreditable to _you_ to let them go alone. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Deuce knows, said Caleb, who never referred the knowledge of discreditable doings to any higher power than the deuce. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
Typist: Suzy