DISCREDITING Synonyms

• causing awareness of your shortcomings

• (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign

• tending to diminish or disparage

• tending to decrease or cause a decrease in value

• expressive of low opinion

• expressive of low opinion

• expressive of low opinion

• charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone

• smear so as to make dirty or stained

• express strong disapproval of

• charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone

• cause to seem less serious; play down

• take away a part from; diminish

• To defame someone, especially in a manner that meets the legal definition of libel.

• To proceed against (a ship, goods, etc.) by filing a libel.

• words falsely spoken that damage the reputation of another

• an abusive attack on a person's character or good name

• charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone

• slanderous defamation

• a thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide and stained for cytologic examination and diagnosis under a microscope

• a blemish made by dirt

• an act that brings discredit to the person who does it

• stain by smearing or daubing with a dirty substance

• make a smudge on; soil by smudging

• cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it

• charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone

• discoloration of metal surface caused by oxidation

• make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically

• destroy property or hinder normal operations

• hollow out as if making a cave or opening

• spread negative information about

• a state of dishonor

• bring shame or dishonor upon

• reduce in worth or character, usually verbally

• damage the reputation of