discreditable
adjective
formaluk/dɪˈskred.ɪ.tə.bəl/us/dɪˈskred.ə.t̬ə.bəl/causingorlikelytocausealossofrespectfor aperson,group, oridea:
丧失名誉的,失去信誉的Theirtacticswerehighlydiscreditable.他们的策略是非常可耻的。
Defencelawyersmaytrytobringup discreditableincidentsin the victim'slife.辩护律师可能会试图举出受害者生活中不光彩的事件。
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discredit
- Hecertainlydid not do anything discreditable.
- Thepresidentwascomplicitin thewholediscreditableaffair.
- Thereportattemptedtoconcealanything discreditable to thecompany.
- This is one of the more discreditablepartsofourhistory.
- There is nothing discreditable in theinstincttoprotectone'sfamily.
Humiliating and degrading
- abase
- abasement
- be under a cloudidiom
- bring/takesomeonedown a peg (or two)idiom
- bruisesomeone'segoidiom
- debase
- deflate
- dishonour
- dishonourable
- doghouse
- exhibition
- fall from graceidiom
- ignominiously
- ignominy
- in the doghouseidiom
- indignity
- knocksomeoneofftheirpedestalidiom
- stoop
- stoop tosomething
- undignified