Definition of Discreditable

1. Adjective. Tending to bring discredit or disrepute; blameworthy. "His marks were not at all discreditable"

Similar to: Disreputable

Definition of Discreditable

1. a. Not creditable; injurious to reputation; disgraceful; disreputable.

Definition of Discreditable

1. Adjective. Able to be discredited. ¹

2. Adjective. Low, mean, bringing discredit. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Discreditable

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Discreditable

discovering
discoverment
discoverments
discovers
discovert
discoverts
discoverture
discovertures
discovery
discovery informatics
discovery request
discovery requests
discovre
discowear
discredit
discreditable
discreditably
discredited
discrediting
discreditor
discreditors
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discreet
discreeter
discreetest
discreetly
discreetness
discreetnesses
discrepance
discrepances

Literary usage of Discreditable

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Edinburgh Review by Sydney Smith (1869)
"It has always appeared to us discreditable and surprising that the trader of this country engaged in working metals should be so inferior to some of our ..."

2. Biographical Sketches of Loyalists of the American Revolution: With an by Lorenzo Sabine (1864)
"Resignations upon Discreditable Pretexts, and alarmingly prevalent. The Public Mind fickle, and Disastrous Changes in Congress. ..."

3. The History of English Rationalism in the Nineteenth Century by Alfred William Benn (1906)
"The tactics of their opponents were annoying and even discreditable. An article in the Quarterly Review,' entitled ' The Neology of the Cloister,'1 had for ..."

4. A Bibliographical and Critical Account of the Rarest Books in the English by J(ohn) Payne Collier (1866)
"The poem has no design, but is a rambling laudatory and emblematical composition, far from discreditable to ..."

5. The Historical Writings of John Fiske by John Fiske (1902)
"... "requested William Penn to act tor them, and renn accepted the discreditable commission. Yet it should seem that blunder a little of the pertinacious ..."

6. A Dictionary of Christian Antiquities: Being a Continuation of the by Samuel Cheetham (1880)
"To check and prevent such discreditable practices, severe laws were enacted both in church nnd state as early as the 5th century. The Council of Chalcedon ..."

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