Definitions for discreditable

discreditable dis·cred·it·a·ble

Spelling: [dis-kred-i-tuh-buh l]
IPA: /dɪsˈkrɛd ɪ tə bəl/

Discreditable is a 13 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 19 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 22 points.

You can make 2029 anagrams from letters in discreditable (abcddeeiilrst).

Definitions for discreditable

adjective

  1. bringing or liable to bring discredit.

Origin of discreditable

First recorded in 1630-40; discredit + -able

Examples for discreditable

It is not a credit to do right, but wrongdoing is discreditable.

But it would have been a ticklish and discreditable position.

The old man was puzzled and humiliated by this discreditable thing.

This is the only explanation that I can find for a most discreditable incident.

No action of the war was so discreditable to the Americans as this.

How did it happen that an Englishman should be in such a discreditable position?

But elsewhere the action, or inaction, of the British forces was discreditable.

Politicians often have discreditable secrets, secrets that might upset their campaigns.

A woman going away with a woman is not so discreditable a thing, surely!

The explanation is somewhat recondite, perhaps, but not discreditable.

Word Value for discreditable
Scrable

19

Words with friends

22

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