The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word SMIRCH , but the solution may also be DEFAME which is one of the most recent solution (2014 in CrossSynergy).
Discredit crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SMIRCH | 21 % | 6 |
| DEFAME | 21 % | 6 |
| IMPEACH | 7 % | 7 |
| REBUT | 7 % | 5 |
| NOTBELIEVE | 7 % | 10 |
| TEARDOWN | 7 % | 8 |
| BELIE | 7 % | 5 |
| TAINT | 7 % | 5 |
| ASPERSE | 7 % | 7 |
| DECRY | 7 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Discredit
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- disbelieve
- disgrace
- disrepute
- undermine
- denigrate
- defame
- belittle
- vilify
- smear
- distort
- malign
- slander
Crossword Answer definitions
SMIRCH noun- Dirt, or a stain.
- A stain on somebody's reputation.
- To dirty; to make dirty.
- To harm the reputation of; to smear or slander.
- A chirp of radiation power from an astronomical body that has a smeared appearance on its plot in the time-frequency plane (usually associated with massive bodies orbiting supermassive black holes)
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result SMIRCH
- Sully
- Taint
- Tarnish
- Blot on one's reputation.
- Sully.
- Discredit
- Discrediting act
- Soil
- Insult the name of
- Dishonor
More clues leading to the result DEFAME
- Do a hatchet job
- Libel or slander
- Vilify
- Malign
- Discredit
- Slander
- Do some mudslinging
- Accuse falsely
- Sling mud at
- Backbite
More clues leading to the result IMPEACH
- Force out of office
- Accuse of misconduct
- Accuse of official misconduct
- Accuse (a public official)
- Challenge, in a way
- Call in question
- Call into question
- Discredit
- Accuse
- Challenge the credibility of
More clues leading to the result REBUT
- Counter
- Offer counterevidence
- Part of a debate
- Show otherwise
- Answer in court
- Counterargue
- Counterpunch verbally
- Try to disprove
- Disprove
- Go second in a debate
More clues leading to the result NOTBELIEVE
More clues leading to the result TEARDOWN
More clues leading to the result BELIE
- Prove false
- Misrepresent
- Picture falsely
- Contradict
- Disprove
- Discredit
- Suggest otherwise about
- Run counter to
- Refute
- Show to be false
More clues leading to the result TAINT
More clues leading to the result ASPERSE
- Spread false charges against
- Spread slander
- Cast slander at
- Denigrate
- Denigrate through insinuation
- Slander
- Bad-mouth
- Sully
- Baptize
- Malign