discreditable
discreditable adjective: able to be discredited.
Adjective
discreditable (comparative more discreditable, superlative most discreditable)
- Able to be discredited.
- Low, mean, bringing discredit.
- Shortly after midnight a determined attempt was made to wreck a portion of Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-on-Avon, by means of an explosive bomb. […] Copies of suffragette leaflets strewn about clearly indicate the purpose of this discreditable affair.1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries
discreditable meaning in Tamil, Bengali and Malayalam
discreditable in Tamil
- நம்பமுடியாத, மதிக்கத்தகாத, மானக்கேடானஅவமதிப்புத் தருகிற
discreditable in Bengali
- discreditable, infamous, disgraceful
- অখ্যাতিকর ôkhætikôr, অখ্যাতিকারক ôkhætikarôk, অখ্যাতিজনক ôkhætijônók
discreditable in Malayalam
- അവമാനഹേതുകമായ, അപകീർത്തികരമായ, ആക്ഷേപാർഹമായ
Forms of discreditable
| comparative | more discreditable |
|---|---|
| superlative | most discreditable |
Origin of discreditable
From discredit + -able.
Words formed from discreditable
Questions about discreditable
- What does discreditable mean?
- Discreditable means able to be discredited.
- What is discreditable in Tamil?
- Discreditable in Tamil is நம்பமுடியாத, மதிக்கத்தகாத, மானக்கேடானஅவமதிப்புத் தருகிற. See Discreditable meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is discreditable?
- Discreditable is an adjective.
Words near discreditable in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: discreditable (page history and authors); discreditable (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); অখ্যাতিকর (Bengali) (page history and authors); discreditable (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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