discredits
Ruins someone's credibility
Discredits is the verb discredit in third-person singular.
To discredit is to damage someone's reputation or cause doubt about something's validity: The scandal discredits his claims to moral leadership.
Evidence that discredits a theory undermines its credibility.
A person who discredits a witness makes their testimony seem unreliable.
Proving claims false
- refutationDisproving a statement
- disprovesShows to be untrue
- invalidatesMakes no longer binding
- exposesMakes visible or known
undermines · challenges · contradicts · rebuts · counters · dismantles · delegitimizes · punctures
Loss of honor
- dishonorLoss of respect
- shamePainful awareness of failure
- humiliatesCauses painful embarrassment
- degradesDiminishes in quality
tarnishes · besmirches · sullies · stigmatizes · defames · smears · taints · disgraces
Sense of unease about motives
- skepticismDisposition toward doubt
- doubtLack of firm belief
- mistrustLack of faith
- disbeliefRejection of truth claims
wariness · cynicism · questioning · incredulity · dubiousness · misgivings · distrust · reservations
debunking
Proving claims false
- refutationDisproving a statement
- disprovesShows to be untrue
- invalidatesMakes no longer binding
exposes · undermines · challenges · contradicts · rebuts · counters · dismantles · delegitimizes · punctures · falsifies
disgrace
Loss of honor
- dishonorLoss of respect
- shamePainful awareness of failure
- humiliatesCauses painful embarrassment
degrades · tarnishes · besmirches · sullies · stigmatizes · defames · smears · taints · disgraces · denigrates
suspicion
Sense of unease about motives
- skepticismDisposition toward doubt
- doubtLack of firm belief
- mistrustLack of faith
disbelief · wariness · cynicism · questioning · incredulity · dubiousness · misgivings · distrust · reservations · qualms
dismisses
Terminates or rejects
- rebuffsRejects bluntly or dismissively
- repudiatesFormally rejects or disavows
- disavowsDenies responsibility or connection
renounces · spurns · denies · disowns · rejects · disallows · refuses · declines · scorns · snubs
- tarnishesblemishes, blots, corrupts, defames, denigrates
- criticismscriticizes, disparages, condemns, denounces, censures
discreditsbelieves
Regards as true
credits · trusts · accepts · buys · takes at face value
discreditscredits
Units toward graduation
honors · commends · praises · vindicates · rehabilitates
discreditsaccredits
Grants official authorization
validates · endorses · certifies · legitimizes · authenticates