n. Function: verb
1
Synonyms: DISBELIEVE , unbelieve
Antonyms: credit
2 to deprive of credibility FF1C; he discredited the rumor immediately FF1E;
Synonyms: blow up, disprove, explode, puncture, shoot
Related Words: expose, show up; destroy, ruin
Idioms: bring to naught, knock the bottom out of, not leave a leg to stand on
Contrasted Words: accept, believe, credit